Bobby Scott: “I include in the Record a letter from the United Steelworkers, in support of the President's veto. United Steelworkers…”

“I include in the Record a letter from the United Steelworkers, in support of the President's veto. United Steelworkers Pittsburgh, PA, November 14, 2023. Re: United Steelworkers urges a NO vote on H.J. Res. 98, which would invalidate the National Labor Relations Board's new Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status. U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Representative: On behalf of the 850,000 active members of the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW), I write to oppose a misguided and short-sighted Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution--H.J. Res 98. If this resolution passes, American workers will increasingly face a fractured workplace and lose access to federally protected collective bargaining rights. Updating the NLRB joint employer standard is necessary as employers are increasingly using ``fissured'' workplace models to keep the parent company from having to bargain with workers employed by the smaller contracted companies. The continued contracting out and increased usage of temporary workers leads to terrible outcomes for the most vulnerable, precisely because these workers lack the ability to meaningfully organize and collectively bargain with their appropriate employer(s).…”