āUnrig the economy for working peopleā: the California candidate who wrote updated labor laws | TheBriefWire
āUnrig the economy for working peopleā: the California candidate who wrote updated labor laws
Published 12 August 2026 Ā· politics
Marni von Wilpert helped draft Protecting the Right to Organize act, and now wants work toward implementing it Legislation that would modernize federal labor law
Marni von Wilpert helped draft Protecting the Right to Organize act, and now wants work toward implementing it Legislation that would modernize federal labor law began with a handful of lawyers meeting, of all places, in an ice-cream shop.
āWe wrote for hours what we would do to amend the Labor Relations Act,ā said Marni von Wilpert, a member of the San Diego city council who was then an attorney for the Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Bringing together āour collective experience as labor lawyers over the years, really trying to unrig the rules so that working people could have a fair shotā.
Published: August 12, 2026 ā¢ 4:30 PM IST Ā· Updated: August 12, 2026 ā¢ 5:10 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Marni von Wilpert helped draft Protecting the Right to Organize act, and now wants work toward implementing it Legislation that would modernize federal labor law began with a handful of lawyers meeting, of all places, in an ice-cream shop.
āWe wrote for hours what we would do to amend the Labor Relations Act,ā said Marni von Wilpert, a member of the San Diego city council who was then an attorney for the Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Bringing together āour collective experience as labor lawyers over the years, really trying to unrig the rules so that working people could have a fair shotā.
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