EXCLUSIVE: GOP Senator Slams Gavin Newsom Seizing Federal Powers With New Labor Law

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is calling out California Gov. Gavin Newsom for signing a new law he says unconstitutionally usurps federal authority over labor disputes — and ultimately hurts workers, the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Newsom, Cassidy criticized AB 288 for allowing California’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to take over worker claims that fall under the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) jurisdiction. Cassidy, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, warned the law will make it harder for workers to resolve grievances against employers or unions that violate their rights.

“Workers in California and across the United States should be able to assert their rights without confusion or undue difficulty,” wrote Cassidy. “They should not be expected to be labor law experts, parse jurisdictional questions, and file their grievances in every possible forum to preserve their claim. law accomplishes the opposite of its purported goal, which is to help workers.”

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Chair Cassidy Letter to Gov Newsom Re AB 288 by melissanewsham

AB 288, signed into law by Newsom in late September, dramatically expands the authority of the PERB, whose members