Through the CalChamber’s issue-based coalitions, members have a vehicle for direct action. Each coalition is an opportunity for industry peers and concerned individuals to gain strength in numbers.
To join a coalition contact: Deanna Tibbett at (916) 444-6670.
Economic Development
California Businesses for Enterprise Zones
Promotes strengthening and improving California's Enterprise Zone Program as a tool for local economic development and opposes attempts to reduce or restrict the program in a manner that harms businesses or impedes local economic development efforts. calchamber.com/ez
Staff Contact: Jennifer Barrera
California Trade Coalition (CalTrade)
A collection of trade- and freight-related industries operating throughout California that actively seeks to re-establish California’s competitiveness as the lead gateway for international trade. Supports port infrastructure investment, higher trade volumes, intermodal congestion relief and the construction, longshore, trucking, warehousing and logistics jobs that go with it. calchamber.com/caltrade
Staff Contact: Jeremy Merz
Employment
California Employers Coalition
Comprised of employers and employer association representatives, CEC reviews and comments directly on issues that affect the employer/employee relationship. This coalition is the consensus voice of California employers to the state Legislature and state agency boards regarding the impact of proposed laws and regulations on businesses.
Staff Contact: Jennifer Barrera
California Employer Coalition on Heat Stress
Represents the views of California employers to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board in the form of written comments and testimony regarding potential impacts proposed regulations on heat stress might have on California businesses and their workers.
Staff Contact: Marti Fisher
California Employers Coalition on Meal and Rest Period — Represents the views of California employers to the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the Legislature regarding potential impacts proposed regulations and legislation on meal and rest periods might have on California businesses and their workers.
Staff Contact: Jennifer Barrera
Coalition for California Jobs
Protecting and creating jobs in California through economic growth and job creation.
Staff Contact: Jeanne Cain
Workers' Compensation Action Network (WCAN)
Works to ensure that workers’ compensation reforms are implemented as the reformers intended. WCAN plays a “watchdog” role to ensure that its members and the media are informed about the implementation process so the legislative gains are protected, costs are reduced and the system is more efficient for employers and injured workers.
Staff Contact: Jeremy Merz
California Coalition on Workers' Compensation (CCWC)
Works to repair California's high-cost and litigious workers' compensation system. CCWC is a statewide coalition of public and private employers, both large and small, representing more than 250 employers and numerous trade associations.
Staff Contact: Jeremy Merz
Environment
Green Chemistry Alliance
A collection of trade associations and businesses that are working to ensure effective implementation of the California Green Chemistry Program that was authorized by AB 1879 (Feuer; D-Los Angeles, 2008) and SB 509 (Simitian; D-Palo Alto, 2008). The goal of the alliance is to ensure that the Green Chemistry Program is implemented in a way that allows for maximum environmental benefit and minimizes the economic impacts.
Staff Contact: Mira Guertin
The Thursday Group
Seeks to promote an agenda that strikes a reasonable balance between economic growth and environmental protection. The goal of the Thursday Group is to encourage California decision-makers to work with the group to strike a reasonable compromise between the impact of legislation on California’s economy and environmental protection.
Staff Contact: Mira Guertin
Health
Californians for Affordable Health Reform (CAHR)
Promotes health care reform that reduces costs, increases access, improves care and avoids employer mandates.
Staff Contact: Marti Fisher
Information
Alliance for Fair Information Practices
Promotes the balance between protecting personal privacy and the economic and social benefits derived from information practices involving the collection and use of personally identifiable, demographic, credit, financing, transaction and medical information.
Staff Contact: Jeanne Cain
Privacy Coalition
A coalition of businesses working together to ensure that privacy laws are reasonable, effective and balanced. The group reviews legislation regarding personal information, data collection, data security and Internet privacy measures.
Staff Contact: Valerie Nera
International
Business Coalition for Transatlantic Trade
The European Union is by far America's largest international economic partner, with more than $1.5 trillion in goods, services, and income receipts flowing between the United States and the EU annually. A comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment agreement will eliminate tariffs and nontariff barriers, improve the compatibility of the U.S. and EU regulatory regimes, and liberalize investment, services and procurement. The Business Coalition for Transatlantic Trade will amplify the U.S. business community's interest in this proposed agreement. To join the coalition, visit: www.transatlantictrade.org.
Staff Contact: Susanne Stirling
California Coalition for Free Trade
A broad-based group of companies and business organizations working to secure a national free trade agenda. In joining the coalition, we will include your company's or association's name on the rapidly growing list of members at no cost. We will keep you apprised of our international activities and bring to your attention ways that you can be supportive of the free trade agenda.
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Current Coalition Membership
Staff Contact: Susanne Stirling
See CalChamber's California Coalition for Free Trade page for information on previous letter campaigns.
Federation of International Trade Associations
Founded in 1984, fosters international trade by strengthening the role of local, regional, and national associations throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada that have an international mission. For further information, visit: www.fita.org.
Staff Contact: Susanne Stirling
TradeRoots
The only sustained, national trade education program dedicated to raising grassroots support and public awareness about the importance of international trade to local communities. Through strong partnerships with associations, local chambers of commerce, economic development groups, and the business community, TradeRoots takes the U.S. Chamber's message of promoting free enterprise and individual opportunity to local communities across the country. Visit: http://www.traderoots.org/
Staff Contact: Susanne Stirling
USA * Engage
A broad-based coalition launched in 1997 representing U.S. business and agriculture. This coalition is an effort to encourage policymakers at the federal, state and local levels to seek more effective ways of reacting to objectionable actions and policies of foreign governments other than by imposing unilateral economic sanctions. To learn more, visit: www.usaengage.org.
Staff Contact: Susanne Stirling
Waterfront Coalition
A group of concerned business interests representing shippers, transportation providers and others in the transportation supply chain committed to educate policy makers and the public about the economic importance of ports, and to promote the most efficient and technologically advanced ports for the 21st century. For further information, visit: www.portmod.org.
Staff Contact: Susanne Stirling
Legal and Regulatory Reform
Advancing Disability Access Coalition (ADA Coalition)
Promotes statewide efforts to facilitate better compliance with disability access laws, to encourage resolution of access issues without litigation, and to reduce the use of litigation as a means of seeking monetary profit rather than improved access.calchamber.com/ada
Staff Contact: Jennifer Barrera
Regulatory Oversight and Accountability Reform (ROAR) Coalition
Focuses on legislation that will help improve California’s business climate so as to attract new investment and grow jobs. A crucial first step in achieving that goal is fixing our burdensome, inefficient and uncertain regulatory environment. The coalition seeks more oversight of government bureaucracies, credible economic impact analyses of regulations, and the streamlining or elimination of outdated or inefficient regulations.
Staff Contact: Mira Guertin