The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business.
Campaign Trail Update. With roughly two months to go to Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, spent Labor Day weekend courting the support of labor unions. Harris and Walz attended rallies at union halls, and on her social media pages, Harris wrote, “When I am President, we will pass the PRO Act and end union-busting once and for all.” Of course, Harris understands that it takes three to tango in Washington, D.C. If she wins the White House, Harris will also need her fellow Democrats to win majorities in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives to have any hope of passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Further, even if Democrats win the Senate, they will likely have to jettison the legislative filibuster to pass the PRO Act. (Recall that Senators Manchin (D-WV) and Sinema (D-AZ) were instrumental in keeping the filibuster intact, and they are not running for reelection.)
OSHA Publishes Heat-Related Safety Standard Proposal in Federal Register. After releasing its heat injury and illness prevention standard notice of proposed rulemaking in early July 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has finally managed to officially publish the proposal in the Federal Register. The proposal clocks in...
Dangote Group has dismissed as false and malicious a publication alleging that its President, Aliko Dangote, distanced himself from Tony Elumelu, describing the report as entirely baseless. In a s...