Although it’s still subject to changes, the current version of the Build Back Better framework includes a potentially landmark reform to labor law: monetary penalties for union busting. “These fines will actually make the law real.” - Rebecca Givan, Rutgers UniversityThese fines would have big impact because currently, there’s almost no downside to breaking the law. But with monetary penalties, employers might make a different calculation. via Associated PressBenjamin Sachs, a labor law professor at Harvard Law School, said the inclusion of labor law reforms in Biden’s signature bill would show that collective bargaining is part of the administration’s broader vision for economic fairness. “We need a real overhaul to labor law, and that’s not this,” he said of the union-busting penalties.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2021 12:18 UTC