On February 6, the Coalition for Workplace Safety sent a letter to the US Senate urging Senators to reject the policies contained in Senator Hawley’s (R-MO) legislative framework altering federal labor and employment policy. The framework would impose significant new regulatory schemes on employers and create an entirely new subagency at the Department of Labor, both of which are in direct conflict with President’s Trump’s promises and the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
As CWS’s letter explains, “These two provisions would slow supply chains, increase inflationary pressures, and add to the regulatory burden and costs facing businesses across the country, which is contrary to President Trump’s goals and priorities… The policies contained in this framework will not achieve the goals Senator Hawley is seeking to achieve. Instead, they will increase red tape, be extremely costly and burdensome to businesses, especially small businesses, and have destructive consequences for the economy.”