"The legislation, Assembly Bill 288, gives the state authority to step in and oversee union elections, charges of workplace retaliation and other disputes between private employers and workers in the event the National Labor Relations Board fails to respond. As Newsom signed the worker rights bill, his office drew a sharp contrast with the gridlock in Washington, D.C., where a government shutdown looms."
"The NLRB, which is tasked with safeguarding the right of private employees to unionize or organize in other ways to improve their working conditions, has been functionally paralyzed since it lost quorum in January, when Trump fired one of its board members. The Trump administration has also proposed sweeping cuts to the agency's staff and canceled leases for regional offices in many states, while Amazon, SpaceX and other companies brought lodged challenges to the 90-year-old federal agency's constitutionality in court."
"With this law in place, workers unable to get a timely response at the federal level can petition the California Public Employment Relations Board to enforce their rights. The law creates a Public Employee Relations Board Enforcement Fund, financed by civil penalties paid by employers cited for labor violations to help pay for the added responsibilities for the state labor board."
Assembly Bill 288 grants California the power to intervene in private-sector union elections, workplace retaliation charges and other employer-worker disputes when the National Labor Relations Board does not respond. The law allows workers to petition the California Public Employment Relations Board for enforcement and establishes a Public Employee Relations Board Enforcement Fund financed by civil penalties from employers cited for labor violations. The National Labor Relations Board has been functionally paralyzed after losing quorum, amid proposed federal staff cuts and legal challenges to its constitutionality. State leaders presented the measure as a way to protect workers amid federal gridlock.
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