Legislative Alert
Letter to House Appropriations Committee Opposing an Appropriations Bill That Underfunds Programs That Serve Millions of Working People
… Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey: On behalf of the AFL-CIO, I am writing to express our strong opposition to the 2016 Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (Labor-HHS) … fund these vital programs. Congress should support policies that will help our economy grow, will raise wages, and will work for all people—not just the affluent. Accomplishing this task would have required passing a budget that eliminated the … by a vote of approval of the employees of the affected worksite.” The amendment would strip most workers of their legal right under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to have “a representative authorized by employees . . . accompany the …