Senate Labor Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander released the following statement today on his vote to confirm Marvin Kaplan to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): “This position has been vacant for 23 months, since President Obama declined to nominate a Republican to this then-minority seat. After years of playing the role of advocate, the NLRB…
A former executive of Fiat-Chrysler, Alphons Iacobelli, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of stealing millions of dollars from a union employee training center account while he worked with the automaker. He used the money for lavish gifts for himself and his United Auto Worker (UAW) main negotiating partner, General Holiefield. Holiefield…
On Sunday, 7/23/17, RWP Labor Vice President, Rusty Brown, testified before the Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce for a bill to end the practice of unions using the government to collect union dues for its public employee members. The bill ultimately passed with a vote of 6-3 and now heads to the Senate…
GM has cut shifts at several of their plants this year in response to decreased car sales. Representatives say this could be the start of larger cutbacks, resulting from shrinking production in small and mid-sized sedans. United Auto Workers (UAW) has stated they are “talking to (GM) right now about the products that they currently…
After nearly two years with National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) vacancies, the Senate labor committee has approved the nominations of Marvin Kaplan and William Emanual to fill vacant spots. Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander has called on the Senate to quickly confirm the nominees and “restore the stability that American workers deserve.” Mr. Kaplan is currently…
In the first six months of President Trump’s term in office, he has fulfilled his promise to cancel foreign agreements that hurt American businesses. Now he needs to push Congress to revamp maritime laws that provide unfair advantages to international shipping companies. One such legislation is the Shipping Act, a century-old law that provides antitrust…
President Trump has sent the names of four new nominees to the Senate this week. Those nominations included Anna Maria Farias for Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Marvin Kaplan for Member of the National Labor Relations Board, Patrick Pizzella for Deputy Secretary of Labor, and Lance Allen Robertson for Assistant Secretary for Aging, Department of Health and Human Services….
Kyle Fortson, United States Senate Labor Committee Policy Director, has been nominated to the National Mediation Board by President Trump. Read Chairman Lamar Alexander’s press release regarding Ms. Fortson here.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted a proposal to rescind the Obama-era “persuader rule,” which required consultants to disclose any work they do for employers regarding union organization efforts. A Texas federal judge granted a permanent injunction to the rule in November 2016, calling it unconstitutional. Read the full DOL proposal here.
The US Department of Labor issued a statement on June 7 announcing that Alexander Acosta, the US Secretary of Labor, has withdrawn the department’s informal guidance on joint labor and independent contractors. This withdrawal does not remove the legal responsibilities of employers in regards to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural…
