Punching In: Business Lobby Attacks Labor Plans in Budget Bill

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

Battle Over Reconciliation | EBSA’s Quiet Progress

Programming Note: “Punching In” won’t publish on Labor Day. We’ll be back on the clock Monday, Sept. 13.

Ben Penn: Republicans may not have the votes to block union-bolstering provisions that Democrats aim to include in the budget reconciliation package, but don’t expect the GOP’s business allies to stand by and let Democrats weaken employers’ longstanding leverage in labor relations.

Industry lobbyists—and the general public, for that matter—don’t know exactly what will be included in Democrats’ $3.5 trillion domestic policy package, which can be approved ...