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Meet the New Boss(es): NLRB Nominees Clear Senate

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 07/31/2013

Well, it's official: We finally have a fully staffed National Labor Relations Board. On July 30 the Senate, as part of a deal worked out…

Labor and Employment

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Empire of Rust: How the UAW Killed Detroit

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 07/29/2013

On Detroit’s east side, the abandoned Packard automaking facility looms tomb-like over 40 acres of once-prime real estate, its hollow buildings ringed with mounds of…

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IRS: Double Standard Benchmark

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 06/06/2013

Americans expect that federal agents will enforce the law with integrity, and they expect the ever-prying eyes of an independent media to help ensure that…

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Union Invasion: UAW Targets Tennessee

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 06/04/2013

One hundred and fifty years ago an invading Union army was halted at Chattanooga by the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg. The…

Labor and Employment

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Union Buyer Remorse on Obamacare?

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 05/31/2013

Be careful what you wish for. That's the lesson Big Labor is learning now that Obamacare is unfolding in all its mighty messiness. Labor leaders,…

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No Duh: IRS Union Loves Obama

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 05/22/2013

In other news, mice like cheese. "NTEU supported the re-election of President Obama as being in the best interests...of the dedicated men and women of…

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IRS-Gate: Time to End Government Unions

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 05/21/2013

What did the President know, and when did he know it? That is the question many are asking in the wake of the unfolding scandal…

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Chaos at the NLRB

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 05/16/2013

Yes, a second court has now ruled that President Obama's "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional. The 2-1 decision from the…

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Ohio Deserves Right-To-Work

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 05/08/2013

Right-to-work has been sweeping the country like a glorious fever (symptoms include swelling opportunity and dangerous spikes in liberty), even seizing brows in deep-blue union strongholds like…

Labor and Employment

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‘Life of Julius’ shows how unions kill jobs, hurt workers

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 05/08/2013

Many people realize that unions can hurt the workers they claim to represent. For example, the United Auto Workers union drove labor costs up for…

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Meet Julius: How Unions Hurt The Average Worker

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/29/2013

Meet Julius. Julius is an African American man living in modern-day America. Julius is a fictitious character, but the problems he faces are real problems that real…

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Welcome to the New Workplace Choice!

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/26/2013

Step right up! Welcome, boys and girls of all ages, to the new and improved WorkPlaceChoice.org, your one-stop shop for all things labor. Included herein…

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Iron Man vs. The Musicians Union

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/24/2013

Iron Man has faced a variety of dastardly villains in his storied, five decade-long super hero career: Communists, terrorists, evil tycoons, rust. And most frightening…

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Joy Division vs. The Lighting Union

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/24/2013

In his new and riveting biography recounting the rise and fall of his legendary band, Joy Division bassist Peter Hook (Hooky, to friends and fans)…

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VW on radar: UAW chief sets sights on Southern automakers

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/22/2013

timesfreepress.com The UAW is coming! The UAW is coming! It’s not quite Paul Revere’s famous warning, but it’s true nonetheless. Yes, the United Auto…

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VW on radar: UAW chief sets sights on Southern automakers

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/20/2013

The UAW is coming! The UAW is coming! It’s not quite Paul Revere’s famous warning, but it’s true nonetheless. Yes, the United Auto Workers union,…

Labor and Employment

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The UAW, Having Stripped Detroit Bare, Looks To The South

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/16/2013

By Matt Patterson & Julia Tavlas, Forbes The United Auto Workers union, having looted and stripped Detroit bare, have set their sights south, to…

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The UAW, Having Stripped Detroit Bare, Looks To The South

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/16/2013

The United Auto Workers union, having looted and stripped Detroit bare, have set their sights south, to the right-to-work states and the foreign-owned auto plants…

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House Of Representatives Rebukes Rogue NLRB

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/13/2013

Openmarket.org On Friday, April 12, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act, a laudable attempt to rein in President Obama’s unconstitutionally staffed — and…

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House Of Representatives Rebukes Rogue NLRB

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/12/2013

On Friday, April 12, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act, a laudable attempt to rein in President Obama’s unconstitutionally staffed — and therefore illegitimate…

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CEI Lauds, Will Keyvote Members on NLRB Reform Measure

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/12/2013

Competitive Enterprise Institute Today the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation that would require the National Labor Relations Board to cease…

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The problem with Perez

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 04/01/2013

The Washington Times If you saw a man standing outside the grocery store swinging a baton and glowering at passers-by, would you go inside?…

Labor and Employment

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Beyond Tom Perez: Why do we need a Labor Department?

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 03/22/2013

The Baltimore Sun Well, America survived. Yes, it’s true, the United States was able to withstand two months without a labor secretary. The previous…

Labor and Employment

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Labor’s Loss: Secret Ballot Protection Advances In Virginia

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 03/21/2013

Openmarket.org This week Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell struck a little heralded — but much needed — blow for privacy rights in the Old Dominion by…

Labor and Employment

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Labor’s Loss: Secret Ballot Protection Advances In Virginia

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 03/21/2013

This week Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell struck a little heralded — but much needed — blow for privacy rights in the Old Dominion by signing two…

Labor and Employment

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Unions euthanize nursing homes

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 03/19/2013

The Washington Examiner Once upon a time, a group of health care workers walked off the job, abandoning the aged and infirm under their…

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Cut spending: Permanently furlough ‘official time’ workers

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 03/01/2013

By Matt Patterson and Trey Kovacs, The Washington Times As politicians of both parties ride through the country Paul Revere-like in their warning…

Labor and Employment

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“King” Of Nowhere: UAW Chief Makes Noise, Not War

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 02/13/2013

Poor Bob King. Perhaps no other union leader presides over an organization in such stark decline as the United Auto Workers. At its peak in 1979, the UAW boasted…

Labor and Employment

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“King” Of Nowhere: UAW Chief Makes Noise, Not War

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 02/13/2013

Openmarket.org Poor Bob King. Perhaps no other union leader presides over an organization in such stark decline as the United Auto Workers (UAW). At its peak in 1979,…

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‘Blunting’ the decline of unions

  • By: Matt Patterson
  • 02/11/2013

New York Post Some say the organized-labor movement is going to pot — but at least one union is looking to pot for its…

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