• Advocating that the Department of Labor and investigate a case of retaliation against a worker for exercising their rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act and other laws. Advocating that the National Labor Relations Board support a U Visa certifications for a group of workers who were retaliated against for exercising their rights under the National Labor Relations Act and other laws. Discuss and make contact with Department of Labor regarding highlighting labor abuses on FEMA-funded and other disaster-related federal contracts.

Duration: April 1, 2021 to present

General Issues: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Immigration

Spending: about $0 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2021: Labor - Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), House of Representatives, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)