in good faith

Democrats have pushed back, saying Republicans aren’t negotiating in good faith.

But Sen. Hawley has identified a serious problem that has plagued our basic labor law since its inception: It is too easy for employers who have lost contested secret-ballot elections to continue fighting by refusing to bargain in good faith with the workers’ majority representative.

“Since then, President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication regarding the welfare of these children. For the past three months, both sides have participated in several back-channel meetings and calls, all in good faith,” the first lady said.

Courts and Congress mostly looked the other way—so long as the executive branch was seen as acting in good faith, or for technical or fiscal reasons.

“The administration is not engaged in good faith statutory interpretation — they’re engaged in linguistic manipulation of these statutes.”