Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Workforce issues

In support of paid sick days, paid safe days. In support of the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act. In support of a strong, inclusive national paid family and medical leave program and a nationwide paid leave baseline. In support of paid sick leave, paid safe leave and paid family and medical leave. In support of equal pay for equal work. S. 1115/H.R. 17: Paycheck Fairness Act of 2025, in support of empowering women to negotiate for equal pay, in support of prohibiting retaliation against workers who inquire or share their wages. In support of preserving and creating jobs in the nonprofit sector. In support of strengthening and supporting the nonprofit service sector workforce, especially the childcare and early education workforce, the victim services and violence prevention and intervention workforce. In support of investments in the childcare and Head Start workforce. In support of investments in the workforce that address and prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, trafficking and other forms of violence. In opposition to cutting, freezing, impounding or limiting federal funding that supports nonprofit organizations and their workers who provide social services, including childcare, Head Start, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, trafficking, sexual assault, housing, , and other human services. At least an additional $3.65 billion for CCDBG (a total of at least $12.4 billion) to expand the base CCDBG budget and support states in making targeted investments to their child care systems. Additional funding will allow states to provide more families with vouchers, support and retain the child care workforce, and increase access and options for parents. In support of the Child Care for Working Families Act, including provisions relating to providing states with the funding to invest in the early educator workforce, and making quality improvements. In support of the Child Care for Working Families Act, and establishing a Building an Affordable System for Early Education (BASE) grants that would enable providers to increase compensation for their early educators, provide cost-of-living increases and introduce graduated pay scales, and support their staffs professional development - including through the use of apprenticeship models and the receipt of a recognized postsecondary credential. In support of allowing states to disburse BASE grants to center-based care, home-based care, faith-based care, and family, friend, and neighbor care. In support of federal funding for services, including grants and contracts to nonprofit organizations to address childcare, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, trafficking, sexual assault, housing, homelessness, hunger, the needs of veterans, and other human services. In support of federal funding that addresses domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, trafficking, sexual assault, lack of affordable housing, homelessness, hunger, and the need for child care and early learning programs, anti-hunger programs, and healthcare. In support of an additional $1.94 billion for Head Start (a total of at least $14.91 billion) to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in line with inflation; fund the demonstrated need for Head Start and the expansion of Early Head Start, allow programs to address pressing local needs, and support long overdue renovation, maintenance, and repair of facilities. In support of funding a sustainable workforce environment to meet the needs of children in child care and early education settings and prevent unaddressed trauma. In support of the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act (H.R.5390/ S.2823) which creates a national paid family and medical leave program In support of a national paid family and medical leave (pfml) standard for the nation. In support of a national paid family and medical leave program In support of a national paid family and medical leave plan In support of the creation of a program would be administered through a new Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration In support of the Health Families Act which creats a national paid sick and safe days standard. In support of creating a national paid sick and safe days standard In support of workers to earn up to seven job-protected paid sick days every year.

Increasing the counselor workforce

HR 2550 -- Protect America's Workforce Act -- restores bargaining rights for unionized federal employees HR 20 -- Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act -- proposal to protect workers' rights to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits and safer workplaces HR 4443, Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025

Provide input on labor needs of U.S. dairy farmers

Monitor any legislation affecting small businesses and professional employee services

Support Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009 H-2A Cap Bill: supporting legislation that would place an annual cap on the H-2A program. Recission of Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States, DOL Docket No. ETA-2025-0007 Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) freeze. H.R.4443 - Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025. Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States, Docket No. ETA-2025-0008

No Taxes on tips and general labor issues related to on demand delivery services.

Advocated to protect 14(c) program and to separate the issue from minimum wage legislation

WIOA Reauthorization;

High Skilled labor policies

Joint Employer standard Independent Contractor classifications Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

NETWORK endorsed and strongly supports the Raise the Wage Act which lifts the minimum wage in America and ends the substandard tipped wage as well. NETWORK endorsed and supports FAMILY Act would create for the first time the permanent right to paid, job-protected comprehensive family and medical leave for all American workers. NETWORK endorsed and supports Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act of 1963, help eliminate the gender wage gap, and guarantee that women can challenge pay discrimination and hold employers accountable. NETWORK endorsed and supports H.R. 20, the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a comprehensive proposal to protect workers right to come together and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. NETWORK supports HR 2550, Protecting American Workers Act, which would reverse the Trump EO stripping a million federal workers of the right to bargain.

Matters pertaining to joint employer standard Composition of board members at the National Labor Relations Board

OSHA Regulations on crane safety and the use of tag lines on construction sites.

Labor classification issues for independent contractors

Educate Members of Congress on professional employee organizations (PEOs); advocate for PEOs to continue to provide human resource benefits to small- and medium-size business.

Lobbying related to labor protections, family unity, and the rights and welfare of children, particularly in cross-border and transnational contexts. Anticipated lobbying activities include advocacy on policies affecting migrant workers rights, protections against labor exploitation and trafficking, access to legal representation for families and children, due process in immigration and family law proceedings, and safeguards for children impacted by migration, detention, or family separation.

OSHA Heat Stress Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act - S. 567

H.R.3791, EMS Counts Act Issues related to OccupationalSafety Health Admonistrations's (OSHA) proposed Emergency Response Standard [Docket No. OSHA-2007-0073]. Issues related to OSHA's proprosed Heat Standard [Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009].

Registered apprenticeship; WIOA grants

Supporting funding and programs at OSHA; including updating the reference year of national consensus standards incorporated into agency regulations.

No Tax on Over-Time for all Workers (HR 5475)

In opposition of H.R. 3548 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2025. H.R. 3548 would prevent the use of absolute liability standards on certain construction claims for projects that receive federal financial assistance, tax incentives, or are federally permitted. Instead, it would impose a comparative negligence standard (a fault-based system) for injuries tied to elevation or gravity risks on such projects.

antitrust,

Ideas for implementing the Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future Executive Order, specifically related to apprenticeships and blending and braiding of workforce and education funds

HR 2736, S 1352- Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act S 852, HR 20- Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act HR 2550, S 2837- Protect America's Workforce Act S 2039- True Shutdown Fairness Act HR 5628- Pay Workers What They've Earned S 1071- National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2026 Nomination of Rosario Palmieri for DOL Nomination of Scott Mayer for NLRB Nomination of Crystal Carey for NLRB S 725- Enhancing First Response Act HR 637- 911 SAVES S 3012- Shutdown Fairness Act Collective bargaining rights of federal employees Confirmation of nominees to serve at DOL

Issues regarding Davis-Bacon Act and Project Labor Agreements, no bill filed. .

Prevailing Wage/Labor Standards - Lobbied in support of maintaining labor Standards on tax credits. Lobbied to protect prevailing wage standards in Housing legisaltion. S 852/HR 20 The Protecting the Right to Organize Act - LIUNA Lobbied in support of this bill to make it easier to organize and bargain for workers. Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act - LIUNA supports this bill to make it easier for public employees to organize and bargain.

Labor issues in general