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NLRB Considers Union Request to Make Removing Unwanted Union More Difficult

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/31/2014

It is already an arduous process for employees to remove an unwanted union from their workplace. And now the International Association of Machinists is requesting…

Labor and Employment

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Sen. Coburn’s Wastebook Highlights Mismanagement of Federal Employees

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/24/2014

Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released on October 22, 2014, his annual Wastebook that exposes how the federal government fritters away your tax dollars.

Labor and Employment

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Union Lobbyists Collecting Illinois Public Pensions Is Illegal Gift

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/20/2014

Recent reports uncover that Illinois taxpayers are funding union agents' pensions.

Labor and Employment

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Federal Government Granted $157 Million Subsidy to Government Unions in FY 2012

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/06/2014

When someone is paid to perform services, it should not be considered volunteer work.

Labor and Employment

Blog

New Mexico Workers and Industry Would Benefit from Right to Work

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/15/2014

Albuquerque Business First reports that New Mexico could become one of the next right-to-work (RTW) battlegrounds depending on upcoming election results, where Republicans could reclaim…

Labor and Employment

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How to Raise All Worker Wages

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/29/2014

With Labor Day approaching, it is a suitable time to examine which public policies promote economic growth that leads to job creation and wage increases.

Labor and Employment

Blog

Celebrate National Employee Freedom Week

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/11/2014

National Employee Freedom Week, which started August 10 and runs until August 16, is a countrywide effort by 70 groups in 41 states that's goal…

Labor and Employment

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Jefferson Federation of Teachers Proposes Union-Friendly Contract

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/05/2014

In the past two years, the Jefferson Federation of Teachers (JFT) and Jefferson Parish public school system have tried, unsuccessfully, to come to terms on…

Labor and Employment

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Gov. Scott Walker’s Collective Bargaining Reform

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/04/2014

Since 2011, Governor Scott Walker’s signature public-sector collective bargaining reform has withstood venomous union protests at the state capitol, fleeing state legislators, and sparked a…

Labor and Employment

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Kentucky Teachers Union Demands Pay Raise to Perform Union Business

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/28/2014

Contract negotiations between Jefferson County Public Schools and its teachers union have hit an impasse. Union officials want more than the state-mandated 1-percent raise, which…

Labor and Employment

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End Taxpayer Funded Union Jobs

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/03/2014

Phoenix ends annual multi-million dollar taxpayer subsidy to government unions.

Labor and Employment

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Obama NLRB Recess Appointments Unconstitutional

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/26/2014

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court made its ruling in National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning. In a 9-0 vote, all justices ruled that President…

Labor and Employment

Blog

Paycheck Protection in Pennsylvania Passes First Test

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/25/2014

Paycheck Protection in Pennsylvania is finally on the move. On June 23, the bill, which would end the use of government resources to collect political…

Labor and Employment

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Partisanship Is Ruining the NLRB

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/17/2014

Previously in a post on The Hill's Congress Blog, I noted that Congress intended the members of the National Labor Relations Board to be "impartial"…

Labor and Employment

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60 House Republicans Vote in Favor of Union Subsidy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/12/2014

In light of the Department of Veterans Affairs and Internal Revenue Service scandals, many Republican congressmen have come out against the practice known as union…

Labor and Employment

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WorkplaceChoice Video Interview Series Premiere: Cyndi Cunningham and Forced Unionization of Care Providers

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/12/2014

Hey folks, as part of a Workplacechoice.org's video project we're putting together a series of interviews with experts in the labor policy field and those…

Labor and Employment

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Survey of Federal Employees: Union Official Time Wastes Taxpayer Funds

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/11/2014

As often stated on this blog, union official time is a wasteful, massive subsidy to federal-employee unions. And somewhat surprisingly, according to FedSmith.com survey many…

Labor and Employment

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Judge Rejects United Farm Workers Contract that Prohibited Decertification Elections

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/10/2014

A major problem with current labor law is inherited unions. Research done by the Center for Union Facts has found that less than 10 percent…

Labor and Employment

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Receipt Shows What Is Wrong with the Minimum Wage

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/09/2014

In a previous post, I noted that Seattle's proposed minimum wage was already having a negative impact on job creation and that Chicago should be…

Labor and Employment

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UAW Hikes Union Dues 25 percent

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/05/2014

On Monday June 2, the UAW's four-day constitutional convention commenced. And coming out of the convention is a really unpopular decision to increase union dues…

Labor and Employment

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Updated: Ohio Union Release Time

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/05/2014

Union release time is a subsidy to public-employee unions at the state and local level, but the cost and activities are rarely available for public…

Labor and Employment

Blog

Most Transparent Administration History Won’t Release Cost of Union Subsidy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/04/2014

U.S. citizens should easily be able to find out how their tax dollars are spent by the federal government. Yet under the Obama administration, the…

Labor and Employment

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Airline Pilots Union’s Questionable Ad Campaign against Low-Cost Foreign Airline

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/03/2014

In a previous post, I document labor unions and their history of advocating for discriminatory policies like the Davis-Bacon Act and Project Labor Agreements.

Labor and Employment

Blog

Federal Government Mismanagement and Union Official Time

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/02/2014

Mismanagement within the federal government may not be at an all-time high, but it is close. The latest blunder is the Department of Veterans Affairs…

Labor and Employment

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21 Chicago Aldermen Introduce $15 Minimum Wage Bill

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/29/2014

Proponents of a government-imposed wage hike in Chicago are gaining steam. On May 28, 21 of the city's 50 council members signed on as co-sponsors…

Labor and Employment

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Chattanooga Mayor Berke Delivers City Employees to SEIU

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/28/2014

In today's Chattanooga Times Free Press, Matt Patterson, executive director at the Center for Worker Freedom, draws attention to the behind the scenes deal between…

Labor and Employment

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Phoenix Ends Pension Spiking

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/27/2014

Most state constitutions contain a little-used provision known as the "gift clause," which prohibit certain public expenditures to private entities. Unfortunately, only the Goldwater Institute,…

Labor and Employment

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IRS Employees Conducting Union Activity Costs Taxpayers $23.5 Million in FY 2013

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/21/2014

Union "official time" is a massive taxpayer subsidy to government unions, which releases federal employees from their regular public duty, without suffering loss of pay,…

Labor and Employment

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NLRB Okays Union Campaign Deception

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/20/2014

A responsibility of the National Labor Relations Board is to protect employees' right to a free and fair choice of labor representatives. Given that, it…

Labor and Employment

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Unionization Obstructs Workplace Diversity

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/15/2014

Executive editor at The Nation, Richard Kim, claims diversity at the liberal publication is being stifled due to its unionized workforce. Kim, in a recent…

Labor and Employment

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