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Philip Howard’s Not Accountable Focuses on Reform of Public Sector Unions

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Philip Howard’s Not Accountable Focuses on Reform of Public Sector Unions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/23/2023

Of the 14.3 million people that the Department of Labor says are currently union members, almost half, 7.1 million, work in public sector jobs.

Government Unions

Unionization Is Down to 10.1 Percent of the Workforce, Lowest Level on Record

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Unionization Is Down to 10.1 Percent of the Workforce, Lowest Level on Record

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/19/2023

The Department of Labor annual survey of union density, released today, shows that unions have fallen to just 10.1 percent of the overall workforce,…

Labor and Employment

Customers, Not Regulators, Should Hold Southwest Accountable

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Customers, Not Regulators, Should Hold Southwest Accountable

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 12/29/2022

Southwest Airlines’ scheduling meltdown over the holiday weekend has prompted Capitol Hill lawmakers to propose hearings and federal regulators like Transportation Secretary Pete…

Aviation

Bailout Suggests It’s Time to Rethink Multiemployer Pensions

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Bailout Suggests It’s Time to Rethink Multiemployer Pensions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 12/14/2022

President Biden announced last Thursday that the government would give $36 billion to bail out the multiemployer Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. It is…

Labor and Employment

Biden Hits the Brakes on Possible Railroad Strike

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Biden Hits the Brakes on Possible Railroad Strike

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/29/2022

President Biden’s call on Monday for Congress to intervene in contract negotiations between railroad workers  and the industry to prevent a strike is…

Labor and Employment

Somebody Better Hit the Brakes Soon in Railway Dispute

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Somebody Better Hit the Brakes Soon in Railway Dispute

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/21/2022

Three railroad unions have now voted to reject a contract negotiated by the Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) that had been accepted by eight other…

Labor and Employment

NLRB Seeks to Gag Amazon Management

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NLRB Seeks to Gag Amazon Management

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/28/2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently alleged that Amazon chief executive office Andy Jassy violated federal labor laws by publicly saying that he…

Labor and Employment

Mandatory Union Fees are Junk Fees

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Mandatory Union Fees are Junk Fees

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/27/2022

The White House yesterday called up federal agencies to target “junk fees” charged to consumers, arguing that these hidden costs are exploitative and drag…

Labor and Employment

Workers Should Be Able to Hear from Both Sides Before Union Votes

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Workers Should Be Able to Hear from Both Sides Before Union Votes

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/24/2022

Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Albany, New York, opposed forming a union by a nearly two-to-one margin last week. It was the…

Labor and Employment

Illinois Ballot Measure to Allow Unions To “Keep Our Foot on the Gas”

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Illinois Ballot Measure to Allow Unions To “Keep Our Foot on the Gas”

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 10/06/2022

Here’s a riddle: Why would unions in Illinois promote a ballot measure to establish a right to collective bargaining when that state is…

Labor and Employment

FTC To Use Algorithms in Bid to Hobble Gig Economy

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FTC To Use Algorithms in Bid to Hobble Gig Economy

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/20/2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will use its “full authority” to investigate “unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practices” by so-called gig…

Labor and Employment

Why Railway Unions Oppose the Deal Biden Helped Arrange

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Why Railway Unions Oppose the Deal Biden Helped Arrange

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/13/2022

The Chamber of Commerce today urged Congress to step in and impose a settlement should talks between the rail industry and the its…

Labor and Employment

NLRB Proposes Third Rewrite of Joint Employer Rule in Four Years

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NLRB Proposes Third Rewrite of Joint Employer Rule in Four Years

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 09/07/2022

As expected, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed a new version of the “joint employer” rule, which establishes when a…

Labor and Employment

Starbucks Alleges an NLRB Whistleblower Reveals Election Shenanigans

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Starbucks Alleges an NLRB Whistleblower Reveals Election Shenanigans

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 08/31/2022

A challenge by Starbucks to a recent union election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) includes a remarkable claim by the company: There…

Deregulation

How the Inflation Reduction Act Favors Unions over Taxpayers

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How the Inflation Reduction Act Favors Unions over Taxpayers

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 08/11/2022

The word “prevailing” appears 27 times in the text of the misleadingly named Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed by Congress Sunday and…

Deregulation

How to Make Official Time Even Worse

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How to Make Official Time Even Worse

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 08/04/2022

“Official time” is the practice of allowing members of public sector unions to conduct union business while getting paid for the regular government job…

Labor and Employment

Regulators Going off the Rails on a Crazy Train

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Regulators Going off the Rails on a Crazy Train

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/28/2022

One year after a supply chain crisis caused shortages across the nation, the Biden administration is trying to prevent railroads from modernizing and automating.

Labor and Employment

A Closer Look at The Guardian’s “The Uber Files”

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A Closer Look at The Guardian’s “The Uber Files”

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/13/2022

On July 11, 2022, The Guardian published an expose of rideshare giant Uber’s business practices, based on a trove of leaked documents it obtained. However,…

Deregulation

Supreme Court EPA Ruling A Warning Shot to Agencies like NLRB

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Supreme Court EPA Ruling A Warning Shot to Agencies like NLRB

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 07/01/2022

The Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency that the EPA exceeded its authority under the Clean Air Act is…

Labor and Employment

Federal Agency Tries to Extend Reach with Joint Employer Standard

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Federal Agency Tries to Extend Reach with Joint Employer Standard

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/24/2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal labor law enforcement agency, is likely planning to vastly expand its reach through a rulemaking on something…

Labor and Employment

Biden Says He Wants to Be the “Most Pro-Union President in the History of the United States”

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Biden Says He Wants to Be the “Most Pro-Union President in the History of the United States”

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/15/2022

Flattering the audience is one of the handiest tools a person has when giving a speech. It’s a simple way to establish a positive tone…

Labor and Employment

As Gas Prices Rises, Ridesharing Industry Adjusts

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As Gas Prices Rises, Ridesharing Industry Adjusts

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/10/2022

Rideshare companies are currently feeling the pinch from high gas prices, but some of their drivers are weathering the change better than others. High gas…

Deregulation

Dead Man’s Switch: Biden Administration Fights Railroad Automation

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Dead Man’s Switch: Biden Administration Fights Railroad Automation

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 06/09/2022

Of all modes of transportation, one would think that railways would be at the leading edge of automation. After all, they don’t use public roads,…

Labor and Employment

EEOC Nominee Kalpana Thinks Transparency Is an Important Value, Less Clear on Need to Abide by It

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EEOC Nominee Kalpana Thinks Transparency Is an Important Value, Less Clear on Need to Abide by It

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/26/2022

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may become a lot less accountable in its decision making than it was under the Trump administration should President Biden’s…

Deregulation

Court Tells NLRB Sometimes a Joke Is In Fact a Joke

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Court Tells NLRB Sometimes a Joke Is In Fact a Joke

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/23/2022

In a significant win for common sense, a federal appeals court has found that sometimes a joke is just a joke, even when it…

Deregulation

Let’s Not Allow Davis-Bacon to Further Clog Job Arteries

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Let’s Not Allow Davis-Bacon to Further Clog Job Arteries

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/18/2022

The Biden administration is proposing to make government contracting even more expensive by revamping the Davis-Bacon Act. This law requires that related workers on…

Deregulation

House Staffers Can Now Unionize

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House Staffers Can Now Unionize

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/12/2022

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved, for the first time ever, allowing congressional staff to form unions. This will be an interesting experiment. How…

Labor and Employment

Unions Are Getting Smarter by Returning to Old-School Organizing Tactics

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Unions Are Getting Smarter by Returning to Old-School Organizing Tactics

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/02/2022

A new wave of union activism has swept the country in recent months with workers at Starbucks, Amazon, and even Apple pushing to organize. The…

Labor and Employment

NLRB General Counsel Calls for End to Secret Ballots in Workplace Elections

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NLRB General Counsel Calls for End to Secret Ballots in Workplace Elections

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/15/2022

The general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is calling on the agency to unilaterally adopt “card check” rules for all union…

Labor and Employment

NLRB General Counsel Targets Mandatory Attendance Meetings

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NLRB General Counsel Targets Mandatory Attendance Meetings

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/07/2022

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo is taking aim at “captive audience meetings” held by employers, arguing that it is unfair…

Labor and Employment

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