August 29th, 2024
Small Business Coalition Launches Accountability Initiative Highlighting Bipartisan Vote On Joint Employer Rule
Initial campaign includes bipartisan members in both chambers of Congress
WASHINGTON – As Congress returns to Washington, D.C. from the summer work period, the Coalition to Save Local Businesses (CSLB) is launching an accountability initiative in the states represented by four lawmakers who played a pivotal role – both for and against – the bipartisan push to pass H.J. Res. 98, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution overturning the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) expanded joint employer rule, earlier this year.
On behalf of small business owners across the country, the Coalition is running advertisements in the following states and districts:
- U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT)
- U.S. Representative John James (R-MI-10)
- U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (D-MI-3)
- U.S. Representative Susan Wild (D-PA-7)
“The Main Street business community is standing up today,” said Michael Layman, senior advisor to the Coalition to Save Local Business. “The NLRB’s excessive joint employer rule has been looming over small businesses for the past year, and both chambers of Congress rejected it. Those bipartisan votes overturning the unworkable joint employer rule allowed small businesspeople to identify their friends from foes, and now this accountability initiative endeavors to publicly thank our allies and further educate those who opposed us.”
James, who introduced H.J. Res. 98, and Scholten, who sided with the House override of the President’s veto, are being thanked for their support. Meanwhile, Tester and Wild stood with the anti-Main Street special interests and voted in favor of the harmful NLRB rule. The initial components of the campaign include digital billboards mentioning James, Scholten, and Tester directing viewers to the CSLB home page, as well as a :30 web ad in Wild’s district, which is available here.
Additional congressional targets will be announced in the coming months.
The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate both passed H.J. Res. 98 with bipartisan majorities. More than 100 national and local organizations joined the CSLB to fight for small businesses and workers across the nation who stood to be harmed by the new joint employer rule.
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The Coalition to Save Local Businesses represents hundreds of thousands of local businesses and millions of American jobs through its membership and partner organizations. The coalition’s goal is to raise the voices of everyday Americans who own, operate, work for and depend on local businesses for their livelihoods.