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HIGHLIGHT Chamber in Action
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Senate Targets Obama Rule
Blacklisting Federal Con-
tractors
By Sean Hackbarth, Senior Editor, Digital Content
Last year, federal regulators finalized In February, the House of Representatives
rules implementing President Barack voted to repeal the Blacklisting Rule using the
Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Congressional Review Act. The U.S. Chamber
Executive Order. According to Marc Freedman, sent a Key Vote letter asking the Senate to
U.S. Chamber executive director of labor law follow suit, and it did.
policy, under the “Blacklisting Rule,” “federal
contractors must disclose mere allegations of “This is a perfect example of a regulation
federal labor violations, potentially locking that deserves to be struck down by the
them out of federal contracts without giving Congressional Review Act,” said U.S. Chamber
them a chance to challenge the charges” of Commerce Senior Vice President of Labor,
[emphasis his]. Immigration, and Employee Benefits Randy
Johnson. “The purpose of the regulations
Few would consider treating businesses as implementing President Obama’s grossly
“guilty until proven innocent” as fair treatment defective and unconstitutional executive order
in this country. was to give unions another source of leverage
against employers for organizing or contract
What’s more, the executive order and the negotiations.”
accompanying rules had “nothing to do with
improving federal contracting and everything It's now off to the White House for President
to do with giving unions more tools for them to Donald Trump's signature.
use against employers,” Freedman added.
Businesses shouldn’t have to sacrifice their
One labor union acknowledged this fact, noting due process rights in order to do work for the
the Blacklisting Rule would “increase their federal government.
bargaining power by the simple expedient
of filing meritorious charges with the NLRB,
OSHA, the EEOC, or the DOL.”
14 By U.S. Chamber
HIGHLIGHT Chamber in Action
Photo from bing.com
Senate Targets Obama Rule
Blacklisting Federal Con-
tractors
By Sean Hackbarth, Senior Editor, Digital Content
Last year, federal regulators finalized In February, the House of Representatives
rules implementing President Barack voted to repeal the Blacklisting Rule using the
Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Congressional Review Act. The U.S. Chamber
Executive Order. According to Marc Freedman, sent a Key Vote letter asking the Senate to
U.S. Chamber executive director of labor law follow suit, and it did.
policy, under the “Blacklisting Rule,” “federal
contractors must disclose mere allegations of “This is a perfect example of a regulation
federal labor violations, potentially locking that deserves to be struck down by the
them out of federal contracts without giving Congressional Review Act,” said U.S. Chamber
them a chance to challenge the charges” of Commerce Senior Vice President of Labor,
[emphasis his]. Immigration, and Employee Benefits Randy
Johnson. “The purpose of the regulations
Few would consider treating businesses as implementing President Obama’s grossly
“guilty until proven innocent” as fair treatment defective and unconstitutional executive order
in this country. was to give unions another source of leverage
against employers for organizing or contract
What’s more, the executive order and the negotiations.”
accompanying rules had “nothing to do with
improving federal contracting and everything It's now off to the White House for President
to do with giving unions more tools for them to Donald Trump's signature.
use against employers,” Freedman added.
Businesses shouldn’t have to sacrifice their
One labor union acknowledged this fact, noting due process rights in order to do work for the
the Blacklisting Rule would “increase their federal government.
bargaining power by the simple expedient
of filing meritorious charges with the NLRB,
OSHA, the EEOC, or the DOL.”
14 By U.S. Chamber
