Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act
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SAFE Workers Act or the Secure And Fair Elections for Workers Act This bill requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to provide employees with the ability to vote remotely by telephone or the internet in union representation elections during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The bill further permits the NLRB's use of appropriations to issue directives or regulations providing for electronic voting methods.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Issues around contract negotiations at AT&T and COVID response at call centers Issues around Maximus regarding wage theft and misclassifications of workers Issues around federal procurement Issues around contract negotiations at a MA Jobs Corp facility Issues around SCA reform and fair labor standards Issues around the Amazon labor surveillance H.R.7485, the SAFE Workers Act: a bill to undue the harmful prohibition of electronic voting in union elections and requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to conduct elections remotely due to the public health risks of in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic. H.R. 7020, the COVID Justice and Accountability Act: legislation providing a cause of action for harm suffered as a result of a violation of certain federal laws relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and suspends certain predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Issues around reintroduction of: H.R. 2474/S. 1306, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019: to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. H.R. 3463/S. 1970, Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act: legislation to secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Mediation Board, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Labor Rights; NAFTA; Department of Labor OT Regulations; TIPS; Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act; National RTW; Protect American Workers Act (H.R.1074); OSHA; Scientific Integrity Act (H.R. 1709); Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO) (H.R. 2474); Collective Bargaining; Restoring Overtime Pay (H.R. 3197); Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019 (H.R.3463/S.1970); Worker Protection Act (H.R. 6139/S. 3475); Secure and Fair Elections for Workers (SAFE) Act (H.R.7485); HEALS Act; HEROES Act 2.0 (H.R. 925); Restoring Worker Power Act (H.R.7638); Protect Pregnant Workers Act (H.R.2694); Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020(S.4781); Worker Health Coverage Protection Act (S.4714); Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133)
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
Support Agriculture Disaster Aid (HR 8319); support relief for farmers impacted by Covid-19; support free markets for livestock producers (HR 7485); support the Farm Bill; support the RAMP-UP Act (Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for Upgrading Plants (HR 7490)
Client expense: $23,608 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Contract negotiations at AT&T Issues around Maximus regarding wage theft and misclassifications of workers Issues around the pending NLRB nominations H.R. 2474/S. 1306, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019: to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. H.R. 3463/S. 1970, Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act: legislation to secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes. H.R.7485, the SAFE Workers Act: a bill to undue the harmful prohibition of electronic voting in union elections and requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to conduct elections remotely due to the public health risks of in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic. H.R. 7020, the COVID Justice and Accountability Act: legislation providing a cause of action for harm suffered as a result of a violation of certain federal laws relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and suspends certain predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Mediation Board, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Worker misclassification & independent contractors. NLRB Joint Employer Issues Workforce issues connected to vehicle automation. labor law reform issues. Issues related to right to organize; NLRA election & representation issues; issues related to collective bargaining Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs Coronavirus Relief Proposals/Legislation re: worker protections, workplace safety & health, PPE, Etc. Health and safety concerns at Amazon Cannabis workforce issues S. 3677/H.R. 6559, COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act COVID-19 whistleblower protections HR 7485, Bipartisan Safe Workers Act NLRB electronic voting HR 6800/H.R. 8406, The HEROES Act -- OSHA temporary emergency standard, personal protective equipment
Client expense: $402,022 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Secure and Fair Elections for Workers Act (SAFE Workers Act) H.R. 7485 Bath Iron Works Strike No Bill Number Corpus Christi Army Depot Contract Negotiations No Bill Number Jamestown Metal Products, Inc. Plant Closure No Bill Number Oppose Alcoa Intalco Works Curtailment No Bill Number Hazardous Waste Worker Training Funding H.R. 7617 PRO Act H.R. 2474
Client expense: $510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Labor Rights; NAFTA; Department of Labor OT Regulations; TIPS; Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act; National RTW; Protect American Workers Act (H.R.1074); OSHA; Scientific Integrity Act (H.R. 1709); Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO) (H.R. 2474); Collective Bargaining; Restoring Overtime Pay (H.R. 3197); Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2019 (H.R.3463/S.1970); Worker Protection Act (H.R. 6139/S. 3475); Secure and Fair Elections for Workers (SAFE) Act (H.R.7485); HEALS Act; HEROES Act 2.0 (H.R. 925); Restoring Worker Power Act (H.R.7638); Protect Pregnant Workers Act (H.R.2694); Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2020(S.4781); Worker Health Coverage Protection Act (S.4714);
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Agriculture
Support full funding of the CCC (Commodity Credit Corporation) in the CR (Continuing Resolution); support the Farm Bill; support free markets for livestock producers (H.R. 7485); support 4-H in Covid Relief education; support the RAMP-UP(Requiring Assistance to Meat Processors for Upgrading Plants) Act (H.R. 7490); support Agricultural disaster aid (H.R. 8319); support the DIRECT(Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions) Act (H.R. 7425); support agriculture in Covid-19 legislation; support the Expanding Assistance to Farmers Act (HR 7619)
Client expense: $27,622 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2020 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Contract negotiations at AT&T Issues around Maximus regarding wage theft and misclassifications of workers Issue around pay equity in the House Recording Studio working for Maslow Media Company Issues around the pending NLRB nominations H.R. 2474/S. 1306, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019: to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. H.R. 3463/S. 1970, Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act: legislation to secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes. H.R.7485, the SAFE Workers Act: a bill to undue the harmful prohibition of electronic voting in union elections and requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to conduct elections remotely due to the public health risks of in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic. H.R. 7020, the COVID Justice and Accountability Act: legislation providing a cause of action for harm suffered as a result of a violation of certain federal laws relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and suspends certain predispute arbitration agreements and joint-action waivers during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Worker misclassification & independent contractors. H.R. 779/ S. 226, Tribal Labor Sovereignty legislation NLRB Joint Employer Issues Workforce issues connected to vehicle automation. labor law reform issues. Issues related to right to organize; NLRA election & representation issues; issues related to collective bargaining Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs HR 2474, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act Coronavirus Relief Proposals/Legislation including CARES Act (HR 748) re: worker protections, workplace safety & health, PPE, Etc. Health and safety concerns at Amazon Cannabis workforce issues Davis/Bacon prevailing wage/Foxx and Hern amendments to H.R. 2 S. 3677/H.R. 6559, COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act COVID-19 whistleblower protections H.R. 7485, Bipartisan Safe Workers Act NLRB electronic voting H.R. 6800/OSHA temporary emergency standard, personal protective equipment
Client expense: $367,432 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Support Workers on Strike at Bath Iron Works (No Bill Number) Oppose Alcoa Intalco Works Curtailment (No Bill Number) Support Secure and Fair Elections for Workers Act H.R. 7485 Support Bargaining Rights at Corpus Christi Army Depot (No Bill Number) Oppose Closure of Laughlin AFB J-85 Engine Repair Facility (No Bill Number) Memorandum for the Sec. of Defense regarding Collective Bargaining (No Bill Number) Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers S. 3583
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
--Final rule to create new system of Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship outside the current regulatory structure for registered apprenticeship --H.R. 1497, Water Quality Improvement and Job Creation Act, legislation incorporating WIFIA provisions into a new RIFIA (Reclamation Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act) providing funding for water supply infrastructure including advance wastewater treatment. To include WIOA reporting metrics in workforce development title. --House companion to the Wind Workforce Modernization and Training Act of 2019 (S.2415), legislation establishing a grant program for workforce development of the wind industry. Expand impending house companion bill to include labor standards provisions and workforce development requirements for wind industry specifically WIOA reporting standards. -- S. 2657, American Energy Innovation Act of 2020, comprehensive energy package that combines over 50 bills that have passed through the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The bill covers a range of energy topics including carbon capture, wind energy, nuclear technologies, and mineral supplies for energy storage batteries. To clean up sections related to workforce development concerning union training programs as designated partners connect to registered apprenticeship. --H.R.6395 and S.4049, National Defense Authorization Act of 2020, appropriations for DOD, addresses workforce acquisition for military construction contractors and apprenticeship requirements from the previous years NDAA. --H.R.6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act), this bill provides $3 trillion in responses to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. Provisions include: increased resources for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), enhancing workplace safety, funding to provide hazard pay for essential workers, funding for personal protective equipment, extends the $600 weekly Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program, and pension-reform measures that assist critical and declining multiemployer pension plans, and provide support for plans affected by the dramatic market downturn. --H.R.6156, Transportation Workforce Investment Act of 2020, this bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to provide competitive grants to institutions of higher education, states, and other partnerships to support transportation sector education and workforce development projects. --Labor-HHS Appropriations Act, FY 2021, provision related to funding for Registered Apprenticeships, an increase of $10 million above the FY 2020 enacted level and $15 million below the Presidents budget request. The bill rejects the Administrations proposal to fund Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs and continues language allowing funds only to support Registered Apprenticeships. --H.R.7097, Stop Swaps, Protect Local Jobs Act, this bill authorizes states to implement a program under which subrecipients of federal-aid highway funding have the option to exchange allocated federal funds for state or local funds if prevailing wage and Buy America requirements are met. --H.R.7485, To direct the National Labor Relations Board to implement a system and procedures to conduct representation elections remotely using an electronic voting system, and for other purposes, this bill allows the NLRB to develop a system and procedures for electronic voting in representation elections. --H.R.2, Moving Forward Act, House infrastructure bill providing more than $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild American infrastructure including - roads, bridges, and transit systems, schools, housing, broadband access, drinking water and waste water, energy grid, U.S. Postal Service, and public lands.
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| Albio Sires | Democratic | NJ |
| Alcee L. Hastings | Democratic | FL |
| Alma S. Adams | Democratic | NC |
| André Carson | Democratic | IN |
| Ann M. Kuster | Democratic | NH |
| Anna G. Eshoo | Democratic | CA |
| Barbara Lee | Democratic | CA |
| Ben Ray Luján | Democratic | NM |
| Bill Foster | Democratic | IL |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | NJ |
| Brendan F. Boyle | Democratic | PA |
| Brian Higgins | Democratic | NY |
| Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Republican | PA |
| Conor Lamb | Democratic | PA |
| Daniel T. Kildee | Democratic | MI |
| Darren Soto | Democratic | FL |
| David J. Trone | Democratic | MD |
| David N. Cicilline | Democratic | RI |
| David Scott | Democratic | GA |
| Debra A. Haaland | Democratic | NM |
| Denny Heck | Democratic | WA |
| Derek Kilmer | Democratic | WA |
| Donald Norcross | Democratic | NJ |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | OR |
| Ed Case | Democratic | HI |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | DC |
| Eliot L. Engel | Democratic | NY |
| Elissa Slotkin | Democratic | MI |
| Eric Swalwell | Democratic | CA |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | NJ |
| Frederica S. Wilson | Democratic | FL |
| Haley M. Stevens | Democratic | MI |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | GA |
| Ilhan Omar | Democratic | MN |
| Jahana Hayes | Democratic | CT |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic | IL |
| Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Democratic | IL |
| Joe Courtney | Democratic | CT |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | CT |
| John Garamendi | Democratic | CA |
| José E. Serrano | Democratic | NY |
| Juan Vargas | Democratic | CA |
| Judy Chu | Democratic | CA |
| Julia Brownley | Democratic | CA |
| Linda T. Sánchez | Democratic | CA |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | DE |
| Lori Trahan | Democratic | MA |
| Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | OH |
| Mark DeSaulnier | Democratic | CA |
| Mark Pocan | Democratic | WI |
| Max Rose | Democratic | NY |
| Michael F. Doyle | Democratic | PA |
| Pramila Jayapal | Democratic | WA |
| Rashida Tlaib | Democratic | MI |
| Ro Khanna | Democratic | CA |
| Ruben Gallego | Democratic | AZ |
| Sean Patrick Maloney | Democratic | NY |
| Seth Moulton | Democratic | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | Democratic | MA |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
| Susan Wild | Democratic | PA |
| Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | OR |
| Theodore E. Deutch | Democratic | FL |
| Tim Ryan | Democratic | OH |
| Val Butler Demings | Democratic | FL |
| William R. Keating | Democratic | MA |
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Mediation Board, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)