LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Opposition to the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (H.R. 4896/S.2613) Concerns with OSHAs rule, Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (RIN: 1218-AD45) Concerns with OSHAs Rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (RIN: 1218-AD40) Concerns with OSHAs Interpretation of the General Duty Clause: Limitation for Inherently Risky Professional Activities Proposed Rule. (RIN: 1218-AD71) Opposition to the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (H.R. 20 and S. 852) Support for the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 4366) Support for WHDs rulemaking on independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (RIN 1235-AA46) Concerns with NLRB interpretations that would protect harassing behavior in the workplace and create potential conflicts with federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws, including the Boards Lion Elastomers decision Support for the NLRB to engage in a rulemaking to rescind its Cemex decision and restore the pre-Cemex framework. Support for the NLRB to engage in a rulemaking to rescind its Amazon decision banning mandatory meetings, which violates the First Amendment and employers freedom of speech. Support for the NLRB to engage in a rulemaking to set a clear independent contractor standard under the National Labor Relations Act and rescind its The Atlanta Opera decision in favor of the standard under SuperShuttle. Concerns with the NLRBs recent decisions in American Steel Construction, Thryv, Inc., and Stericycle. Support for the Employee Rights Act of 2025 (H.R. 4154) Opposition to the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 17) Concerns with FTC Non-Compete Clause Rule (RIN 3084-AB74) Concerns with blacklisting policies in federal appropriations packages Support for the Start Applying Labor Transparency Act (H.R. 2954) Concerns with OSHAs Proposed Rule, Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (RIN 1218-AD39) Concerns with the constitutionality of the NLRBs decision to expand awarded remedies, including its Thryv decision Opposition to the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408/ S. 844), the discharge petition to move the bill ( H.Res. 1140), and Senator Hawleys legislative framework on labor reform Support for OSHAs review of its recordkeeping and reporting obligations related to occupational injuries and illnesses Support for OMBs efforts on deregulation Support for DOL to engage in rulemaking on joint employer status under the FLSA.
- JOSH ULMAN
- ms KATHRYN ANNA BRANSON — covered position: Legislative Assistant for Rep. Lou Barletta
- JENNIFER ORTEGA — covered position: Staff assistant for Rep. Todd Rokita
- ms ISABELLA KATE HINDLEY
Government entities lobbied: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; White House Office