Support ROOFPAC at NRCA’s Midyear Committee Meetings in Chicago!
Join us for a fun networking event in support of ROOFPAC’s Cocktails on the (Gold) Coast Wednesday, July 12, from 5:30-7 p.m. at bourbon bar LUXBAR. Attendees are asked to contribute $150 per person or $200 per couple. Members of NRCA’s Political Insiders Council and Capitol Hill Club are invited to attend complimentary as a benefit of their membership. We also would like to thank our sponsor, Johns Manville, for making this event possible.
To RSVP, please visit nrca.net/roofpac-midyear-event. Questions? Contact NRCA Director of Political Affairs Teri Dorn at tdorn@ncra.net or (202) 510-0920.
House Appropriations Committee approves returning worker exemption for H-2B program for 2024
On June 21, The House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations legislation, which includes a “returning worker exemption” for the H-2B seasonal guest worker program for 2024. This provision exempts from the annual statutory cap of 66,000 visas H-2B workers who will be returning to the same employer where they were employed through the program during the past three years; the annual statutory cap has proved woefully inadequate to meet demand in recent years. If retained in the final version of the legislation, the exemption will greatly increase the number of H-2B visas allowed for 2024 and expand opportunities for NRCA members to address peak workforce needs. NRCA strongly supports this exemption and commends Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) for their efforts to include it in this bill.
Senate HELP Committee approves three bills on federal labor and employment law
On June 21, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved three bills that, if enacted, would make dramatic changes to federal labor and employment laws. The bills were approved on party lines with all Republicans in opposition.
The Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (S. 567) would dramatically expand federal labor law with respect to collective bargaining activity, including requiring card check procedures rather than the use of secret ballots in union elections. The Healthy Families Act (S. 1664) would create a new federal paid sick leave mandate applicable to all employers with 15 or more employees. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 728) would create new requirements and penalties designed to prevent wage discrimination in the workplace based on gender. None of these bills are expected to become law given a narrow Senate and GOP-controlled House.
NRCA is on record opposing each of these bills and recently joined a coalition letter to reiterate our concerns. The letter also recommended alternative legislation designed to achieve many of the bills’ goals while providing flexibility to employers regarding how to achieve the desired outcomes.
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