Political Quotes

“I include in the Record two letters from organizations that have long led the fight for workers' rights: the AFL-CIO and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. AFL-CIO, February 1, 2017. Dear Representative: The AFL-CIO urges you to oppose the Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval of the regulations implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces regulations implement the common-sense proposition that companies wanting to receive lucrative taxpayer-funded government contracts should comply with the law and respect workers' rights. The Executive Order and implementing regulations establish a process for reviewing the records of companies bidding for federal business and ensuring that companies that receive this business comply with the law and respect workers' rights. The regulations improve the contracting process and establish more fairness, so that companies that respect workers' rights do not have a competitive disadvantage when competing against companies that cheat by misclassifying their workers as independent contractors, ignoring health and safety hazards, or engaging in wage theft. Repealing these regulations will remove an important incentive for companies to pay their workers what they are due, protect their health and safety, and comply with the law.…”