'Workers need the NLRB to receive funding that allows it to fully implement its mission,' RepMarkPocan, DonaldNorcross, and other Democratic lawmakers told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
"Workers need the NLRB to receive funding that allows it to fully implement its mission," several Democratic lawmakers told House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer.The six co-chairs of the Congressional Labor Caucus on Tuesday implored House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to ensure that the
"[W]e write to... express our grave concern over the ongoing funding crisis at the National Labor Relations Board," states the letter."We consider this funding a top priority and urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to increase funding for the NLRB in the end-of-year appropriations package."The funding situation at the NLRB is dire. Despite the NLRB's vital mission, the board has received the same appropriation of $274 million since FY2014.
"It is increasingly possible that the NLRB will have to furlough employees at a time while our caseloads are skyrocketing. This is the crisis in labor law enforcement we have warned of," the union added."Only Congress can prevent this catastrophe from happening by increasing the agency's budget." in which 149 House Democrats, led by Norcross, asked House Appropriations Committee leaders to approve a $368 million NLRB budget for FY2023.
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