[House Document 118-135]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-135

 
                       VETO MESSAGE--H.J. RES. 98

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

                      VETO MESSAGE ON H.J. RES. 98




                  May 6, 2024.--Ordered to be printed
To the House of Representatives:
    I am returning herewith without my approval H.J. Res 98, a 
resolution that would disapprove of the National Labor 
Relations Board's (NLRB) rule entitled ``Standard for 
Determining Joint Employer Status.''
    Since day one, my Administration has fought to strengthen 
workers' right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better 
benefits, and safer working conditions. The NLRB's rule would 
prevent companies from evading their bargaining obligations or 
liability when they control a worker's working condition--even 
if they reserve such control or exercise it indirectly through 
a subcontractor or other intermediary. If multiple companies 
control the terms and conditions of employment, then the right 
to organize is rendered futile whenever the workers cannot 
bargain collectively with each of those employers.
    Without the NLRB's rule, companies could more easily avoid 
liability simply by manipulating their corporate structure, 
like hiding behind subcontractors or staffing agencies. By 
hampering the NLRB's efforts to promote the practice and 
procedure of collective bargaining, Republicans are siding with 
union-busting corporations over the needs of workers and their 
unions. I am proud to be the most pro-union, pro-worker 
President in American history. I make no apologies for my 
Administration protecting the right to organize and bargain 
collectively.
    Therefore, I am vetoing this resolution.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, May 3, 2024.