CEI Today: Micro-unions, cross-state air pollution, and weekly regulation update

MICRO-UNIONS – TREY KOVACS

WorkplaceChoice.org: NLRB General Counsel: Guidance on Micro-Unions is Coming

Last Friday, at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations in Manhattan, the National Labor Relations Board general counsel Richard Griffin said the Board will put forth guidance concerning its Specialty Healthcare decision, which ruled “micro-unions” are legitimate forms of collective bargaining units.

CROSS-STATE AIR POLLUTION – WILLIAM YEATMAN

The Diane Rehm Show: The Battle Over Cross-State Air Pollution

CEI Senior Fellow William Yeatman recently appeared on National Public Radio’s “The Diane Rehm Show” to discuss a petition to the EPA from eight east coast states urging tougher cross-state air pollution regulations.

Yeatman appeared along with New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, Dina Cappiello of the Associated Press, and David Hawkins of the Natural Resources Defense Council. 

WEEKLY REGULATION UPDATE – RYAN YOUNG

OpenMarket.org: CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week in Regulation

The local equivalent of winter weather closed down the federal government last Tuesday, but that day’s Federal Register was still an impressive 1,221 pages, easily one of the year’s largest.