Mel Haas Reappointed As Vice Chairman of the Labor Relations Committee for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Mel Haas has been reappointed as vice chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Labor Relations Committee. He was first appointed to the position in 2009. Haas has also recently been elected executive vice president of Georgia Defense Lawyers Association.

One of the Chamber’s largest and most active policy committees, the Labor Relations Committee is responsible for helping to form the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Labor & Employment agenda. The committee’s nearly 150 companies, law firms and trade associations from across the country develop Chamber policy and programs on a wide range of labor and employment issues, including: employment nondiscrimination, minimum wage and wage-hour, occupational safety and health, immigration, labor-management relations, union corporate/strategic campaigns, workplace privacy, work-family issues and leave mandates, and emerging international labor policy issues.

The head of Constangy, Brooks & Smith’s Macon office, Haas has served on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Labor Relations Committee for four years.

He has been active with the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (GDLA)  for more than 10 years, having previously served as secretary-treasurer before now being elected executive vice president. The GDLA was founded over 40 years ago by a group of civil defense attorneys who wanted to create a forum for networking outside of the office, courtroom and arbitration table.