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New Mexico Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Union Business

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New Mexico Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Union Business

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/15/2020

Under the practice known as union release time, public employees are allowed to conduct union business during work hours at taxpayer expense.

Year in Review 2019: Labor and Employment

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Year in Review 2019: Labor and Employment

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/20/2019

The Competitive Enterprise Institute had a busy year in the labor and employment space. Much of the work focused on expanding worker freedom, ending wasteful…

Labor and Employment

National Labor Relations Board Attack on McDonald’s Finally Over

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National Labor Relations Board Attack on McDonald’s Finally Over

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/13/2019

A major holdover case from the Obama-era National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which acted as the litigation arm of organized labor, is finally resolved. On…

Labor and Employment

How Kentucky Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Union Business

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How Kentucky Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Union Business

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/11/2019

As taxpayers, we trust our locally elected officials to act as fiduciaries of our hard-earned dollars. However, it is well documented that the government frequently…

Government Unions

Labor Relations Chief Corrects Record on ‘Joint Employer’ Rule

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Labor Relations Chief Corrects Record on ‘Joint Employer’ Rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/08/2019

Chairman John Ring delivered the latest salvo in response to the manufactured “scandal” at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Democrats, with help from the…

Labor and Employment

Priorities for Department of Labor’s New Secretary

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Priorities for Department of Labor’s New Secretary

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/02/2019

On September 30th, Eugene Scalia was sworn in as the 28th Secretary of Labor. Last week, the Senate confirmed Scalia on a 53-44 vote. With…

Labor and Employment

California to Eliminate Independent Work 

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California to Eliminate Independent Work 

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/11/2019

Late Tuesday evening, the California legislature passed controversial legislation that would codify a state Supreme Court decision, which adopted a flawed test that effectively prohibits…

Labor and Employment

Union Wish List Bill Would Harm Workers and the Economy

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Union Wish List Bill Would Harm Workers and the Economy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/27/2019

Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a report that analyzes the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2474), which the…

Labor and Employment

PRO Act Undermines Employee Choice

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PRO Act Undermines Employee Choice

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/19/2019

Democrats in Congress introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act with the state goal of strengthening union power and increasing union membership, which…

Labor and Employment

Greater Financial Transparency Could Prevent Next Union Scandal

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Greater Financial Transparency Could Prevent Next Union Scandal

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/29/2019

Earlier this year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation served indictments to several high level United Auto Workers (UAW) officials, some of who have already pleaded…

Labor and Employment

Long Wait for Worker Freedom Finally Ends for Airline, Rail Employees

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Long Wait for Worker Freedom Finally Ends for Airline, Rail Employees

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/26/2019

It is a banner day for employee choice. For the first time, airline and railroad workers have a direct path to remove an unwanted union.

Aviation

‘Raise the Wage Act’ Would Reduce Family Incomes, Increases Unemployment

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‘Raise the Wage Act’ Would Reduce Family Incomes, Increases Unemployment

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/17/2019

Democrats view raising the minimum wage as a way to show they are are better for working-class Americans than Republicans. But no matter how high government…

Labor and Employment

Priorities for New Leadership at Department of Labor

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Priorities for New Leadership at Department of Labor

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/12/2019

There is a new sheriff in town at the Department of Labor. After Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned today from his post, President Trump announced…

Labor and Employment

State Legislatures Seek to Undermine ‘Janus’ Decision

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State Legislatures Seek to Undermine ‘Janus’ Decision

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/27/2019

Labor unions continue to deny the First Amendment rights of public employees despite the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which ruled one…

Free Speech

Post-‘Janus’, Unions Continue Undermining Public Workers’ First Amendment Rights

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Post-‘Janus’, Unions Continue Undermining Public Workers’ First Amendment Rights

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/24/2019

It has been nearly one year since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the First Amendment rights of public employees, but many members are still having…

Free Speech

Democrats’ Criticism of Department of Labor Overtime Rule Misguided

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Democrats’ Criticism of Department of Labor Overtime Rule Misguided

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/13/2019

Overtime regulation has been a hot topic since the Obama administration proposed and finalized a rule that radically overhauled such requirements. Before this rule, which…

Labor and Employment

Regulators Find Uber Drivers to Be Independent Contractors

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Regulators Find Uber Drivers to Be Independent Contractors

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/15/2019

Determining the proper legal worker classification for an individual has become an arduous task. A major reason for the difficulty is a patchwork of federal…

Labor and Employment

Hearing Discusses Boosting Union Coercive Powers

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Hearing Discusses Boosting Union Coercive Powers

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/09/2019

Democrats in Congress are pushing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act H.R. 2474, which seeks to strip workers of long-held protections and bolster…

Labor and Employment

Trump Administration Ends Homecare Providers Dues Skim

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Trump Administration Ends Homecare Providers Dues Skim

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/07/2019

Since 2000, state governments have diverted $1.4 billion from homecare providers and handed it to labor unions, according to the Freedom Foundation. For over a…

Health and Safety

House Democrats Introduce Union Gift Bag Bill

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House Democrats Introduce Union Gift Bag Bill

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/03/2019

The Protecting Workers’ Right to Organize (PRO) Act puts the interests of labor unions over workers. Each provision of the bill either grants unions greater…

Labor and Employment

Two-Tier Wage System Highlights Need for Labor Reform

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Two-Tier Wage System Highlights Need for Labor Reform

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/22/2019

Over the weekend, the eleven-day strike by more than 30,000 Stop & Shop employees ended. The grocery chain announced that it “has reached fair new…

Labor and Employment

Union Membership Post-Janus

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Union Membership Post-Janus

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/08/2019

It has been difficult to gauge the impact of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME. In this ruling, the Supreme Court held…

Free Speech

Employers Good Deeds Punished by Administrative State

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Employers Good Deeds Punished by Administrative State

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/05/2019

Progressives—Democratic elected officials, community organizers, and labor unions—incessantly disparage employers for failing to provide employees with a living wage, adequate time off, and quality health…

Labor and Employment

Federal Agency Seeks to Create Direct Path for Ousting Unwanted Unions

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Federal Agency Seeks to Create Direct Path for Ousting Unwanted Unions

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/01/2019

National labor policy guarantees employees the right to form a union to promote their interests. There are clear, longstanding rules and procedures that provide a…

Labor and Employment

Union Subsidy Faces Judicial Scrutiny

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Union Subsidy Faces Judicial Scrutiny

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/28/2019

“When you’re hired as a teacher, you should be teaching,” said Judge Jose L. Fuentes of the New Jersey Court of Appeals. This statement is…

Government Unions

Why National Right to Work Act Is Necessary

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Why National Right to Work Act Is Necessary

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/19/2019

No worker should be compelled to join or pay dues or fees to a union just to get or keep a job. The U.S. Supreme…

Labor and Employment

Democrats Invent New Joint Employer Controversy 

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Democrats Invent New Joint Employer Controversy 

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/14/2019

There is a new invented controversy involving the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer rulemaking, which seeks to clarify the definition of joint employer liability…

Labor and Employment

Labor Department Issues Proposed Update to Overtime Requirements

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Labor Department Issues Proposed Update to Overtime Requirements

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/08/2019

Last night, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) long-awaited proposed rule on overtime requirements was unveiled. The DOL intentionally wrote the rule to withstand legal challenge,…

Labor and Employment

Federal Labor Ruling Prohibits Unions Charging Non-Members for Lobbying

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Federal Labor Ruling Prohibits Unions Charging Non-Members for Lobbying

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/07/2019

It has long been the law of the land that labor unions may only collect agency fees, or forced union dues, from non-union members to…

Labor and Employment

Florida Bill Shines Light on Union Subsidy

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Florida Bill Shines Light on Union Subsidy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/06/2019

Taxpayer dollars should be used to benefit the general public, not special interest groups. Yet, the state of Florida doles out a massive subsidy to…

Government Unions

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