On Feb. 6, 2024, 老牛影视and the sent a to two congressional committees urging them to use their oversight authority to rein in the National Labor Relations Board and its general counsel for creating significant tension between federal antidiscrimination law and federal labor law. The letter was sent in light of a recent supplemental decision in the Amazon.com Services LLC v. Gerald Bryson case, in which the NLRB held that Amazon illegally fired a worker who was verbally attacking a co-worker while on strike. 听

The CDW argues that the NLRB is deliberately creating conflicts between federal antidiscrimination and labor laws, trapping employers in an impossible position with regard to compliance and potentially exposing workers to harassment and discrimination in the workplace. The letter, addressed to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and U.S. House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee, emphasizes that union organizers and supporters can advocate and organize without creating hostile work environments for other workers.

鈥淭he NLRB and its general counsel are putting employers into an impossible situation,鈥� said Kristen Swearingen, CDW chair and 老牛影视vice president of political & legislative affairs, in a . 鈥淒ue to their efforts to protect union organizers and unionization campaigns at all costs, they鈥檙e demanding employers tolerate 鈥榩rofane, vulgar, racist, and otherwise insulting language鈥� in the workplace despite the clear conflict this would create with employers鈥� legal obligation to create a safe workplace for their workers.

鈥淓mployers must be able to act when discrimination or harassment occur in the workplace in order to protect their workers, but the Board and its general counsel are recklessly ignoring that reality,鈥� said Swearingen. 鈥淐ongress should demand answers from the Board and general counsel on why they鈥檙e pursuing this illogical interpretation of the law and exposing employees to dangerous work environments.鈥�