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Maybe Workers Just Aren’t That into You, Unions

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Maybe Workers Just Aren’t That into You, Unions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 04/13/2021

Labor unions are second only to Donald Trump when it comes to crying foul over election outcomes they don’t like. The National Labor Relations Board…

Labor and Employment

Are Janus Violations a RICO Matter?

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Are Janus Violations a RICO Matter?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/31/2021

Ever since the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME that public sector workers cannot be forced to financially support unions, labor groups…

Labor and Employment

The PRO Act’s Extremely Broad “Whistleblower” Provisions

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The PRO Act’s Extremely Broad “Whistleblower” Provisions

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/23/2021

The Senate confirmed former Boston Mayor and ex-union official Marty Walsh as the new Labor Secretary Tuesday by a vote of 93-2.

Labor and Employment

Yes, Let’s Debate Taking Rights Away from Workers

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Yes, Let’s Debate Taking Rights Away from Workers

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/16/2021

Legislation doesn’t get much simpler than the National Right To Work Act. Introduced by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson…

Labor and Employment

Biden Administration Wants to Decide When Freelancers Are “Legitimate”

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Biden Administration Wants to Decide When Freelancers Are “Legitimate”

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/15/2021

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced Thursday, March 11 that it was rescinding a rule issued by the previous administration on when workers…

Labor and Employment

House Passes Legislation to Limit Individual Worker Rights

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House Passes Legislation to Limit Individual Worker Rights

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/10/2021

The House of Representatives passed legislation late Tuesday to significantly limit individual workers’ rights. That is, granted, not how the Protecting the Right…

Labor and Employment

Teacher Union Resistance to School Openings Keeping Moms out of Workforce

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Teacher Union Resistance to School Openings Keeping Moms out of Workforce

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/09/2021

The closure of schools and the resistance by teachers’ unions to reopening them is having the spillover effect of forcing more women out of the…

Labor and Employment

Congress Should Read the Fine Print on Sami’s Law

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Congress Should Read the Fine Print on Sami’s Law

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 03/05/2021

Whether a person is an employee of an app-based ridesharing company like Uber or Lyft under U.S. law has been a major hot button issue.

Deregulation

Alternate Minimum Wage Proposal Suggests Punishing Business Is the Real Goal

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Alternate Minimum Wage Proposal Suggests Punishing Business Is the Real Goal

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/26/2021

Fans of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour have come up with a workaround for the Senate Parliamentarian’s ruling Thursday that that…

Labor and Employment

Are Democrats All or Nothing for a $15 Minimum Wage?

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Are Democrats All or Nothing for a $15 Minimum Wage?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/25/2021

Can congressional Republicans bid down the Democrats’ and Biden administration’s push for a $15 an hour minimum wage? That’s what Republicans lead by Sens.

Labor and Employment

California’s Khanna Says Businesses that Cannot Pay $15 Wages Are Dying Anyway

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California’s Khanna Says Businesses that Cannot Pay $15 Wages Are Dying Anyway

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/22/2021

California Congressman Ro Khanna has a message for businesses that say they cannot afford to pay a $15 minimum wage an hour for their workers:…

Labor and Employment

Biden Administration Presses Forward with Attack on Gig Economy Companies

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Biden Administration Presses Forward with Attack on Gig Economy Companies

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/22/2021

The Biden administration last week continued its effort to help its union allies by officially withdrawing a Trump-era Labor Department guidance letter to businesses…

Deregulation

Biden Picks Top Union Attorney to Enforce Labor Rules

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Biden Picks Top Union Attorney to Enforce Labor Rules

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/18/2021

The Biden administration announced this week that it was nominating Jennifer Abruzzo to serve as acting general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board…

Labor and Employment

CBO Restates the Obvious: Raising the Minimum Wage Costs Jobs

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CBO Restates the Obvious: Raising the Minimum Wage Costs Jobs

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/09/2021

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Monday reaffirmed something we already knew but that bears repeating: Higher minimum wages costs jobs. The CBO’s…

Labor and Employment

January Jobs Gain Threatened by Prospect of Minimum Wage Hike

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January Jobs Gain Threatened by Prospect of Minimum Wage Hike

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/05/2021

The Labor Department’s report Friday that the unemployment rate was 6.3 percent in January, down 0.4 points from the previous month, is good news that…

Deregulation

Biden Administration Begins Bid to Create Nationwide Version of California’s AB5

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Biden Administration Begins Bid to Create Nationwide Version of California’s AB5

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/05/2021

On the same day that President Joe Biden’s nominee for Labor Secretary, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, told a Senate committee that he would…

Deregulation

Questions for Marty Walsh

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Questions for Marty Walsh

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 02/03/2021

President Biden’s pick for Labor Secretary, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will get his first Senate hearing on Thursday. Walsh is a former union head…

Labor and Employment

Be Skeptical of Studies that Say Minimum Wage Hikes Are Painless

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Be Skeptical of Studies that Say Minimum Wage Hikes Are Painless

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/26/2021

Do economists downplay the negative findings in their research on the minimum wage? That’s the implication of a new working paper on the issue for…

Labor and Employment

Department of Labor Cautions “Gig Economy” Companies against Limiting Workers’ Freedom

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Department of Labor Cautions “Gig Economy” Companies against Limiting Workers’ Freedom

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/08/2021

The Department of Labor (DOL) said on Wednesday, January 6, that if someone is currently working for one or more of your business rivals, then…

Labor and Employment

Biden Labor Nominee Marty Walsh Poised to Make Radical Changes

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Biden Labor Nominee Marty Walsh Poised to Make Radical Changes

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/08/2021

Joe Biden’s decision to nominate Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary will elevate a person to oversee the nation’s workplace who is not…

Labor and Employment

Labor Department Independent Contractor Rule out Today

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Labor Department Independent Contractor Rule out Today

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 01/06/2021

The Department of Labor (DOL) acted to promote entrepreneurialism and protect freelancers on Wednesday by issuing a new rule under the Fair Labor Standards…

Labor and Employment

UAW Corruption Case Reveals Lack of Accountability at Union

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UAW Corruption Case Reveals Lack of Accountability at Union

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 12/14/2020

Today the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement in a long-running corruption probe of the United Auto Workers (UAW) that will put the…

Labor and Employment

Democrats Hoping to Unionize Entire Sectors of Economy at Once

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Democrats Hoping to Unionize Entire Sectors of Economy at Once

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 12/11/2020

Democratic lawmakers will push to have entire sectors of the economy unionized, a practice called “sectoral bargaining,” when Congress reconvenes next year. The idea behind…

Labor and Employment

Labor Department Job Report Shows Improvement but Challenges Ahead

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Labor Department Job Report Shows Improvement but Challenges Ahead

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 12/04/2020

The Labor Department’s Friday report that 245,000 jobs were added in November confirms that, while an economic recovery is still underway, its momentum is…

Labor and Employment

Biden’s OMB Pick, Neera Tanden, Once Warned Democrats against a $15 Minimum Wage

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Biden’s OMB Pick, Neera Tanden, Once Warned Democrats against a $15 Minimum Wage

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/30/2020

Joe Biden’s choice of Neera Tanden, president of the liberal Center for American Progress, to be the next director of the Office of Management and…

Labor and Employment

A Cold Winter for Santa in Sunland, California

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A Cold Winter for Santa in Sunland, California

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/25/2020

Department store Santa Claus Patrick Turnbull has hoisted children onto his lap and listened to their Christmas wishes for two decades in Sunland, California, but…

Labor and Employment

Biden to Focus on Public Sector Unions First?

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Biden to Focus on Public Sector Unions First?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/20/2020

All indications are that the Biden administration will be the most pro-labor one since at least Harry Truman’s. Biden has promised to defer to labor…

Labor and Employment

Can New York’s Hotel Industry Survive the Latest Union Victory?

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Can New York’s Hotel Industry Survive the Latest Union Victory?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/20/2020

Numerous New York City hotel owners are struggling to stay alive and their workers’ union isn’t exactly making it easy for them. In fact, there…

Labor and Employment

Who Will “Blue Collar Joe” Work for?

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Who Will “Blue Collar Joe” Work for?

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/10/2020

Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States signals a possibly radical shift in labor policy, pushing things much further left than even when…

Deregulation

In Spite of It All, Workers, Businesses Persevere

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In Spite of It All, Workers, Businesses Persevere

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 11/06/2020

The Labor Department’s report that 638,000 jobs were added in October, bringing the national unemployment rate down to 6.9 percent, shows that the best thing…

Deregulation

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