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NLRB Case against McDonald’s Shows Need for Labor Law Reform

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/22/2016

At the beginning of the month, the National Labor Relations Board and McDonald’s trial began. The case will determine whether McDonald’s is a joint…

Labor and Employment

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The Public Pays for Union Political Activity

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/21/2016

Taxpayer dollars in state and municipal governments across the country are, normally without public knowledge, used to subsidize government union political undertakings. Clearly, this is…

Government Unions

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Congress Proposes Bill to Nullify Overtime Regulation

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/17/2016

This week, the Department of Labor took the last step before the final overtime rule is published and implemented. DOL sent the rule to…

Labor and Employment

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NLRB vs. McDonald’s: The Trial Begins

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/10/2016

The long awaited McDonald’s trial in National Labor Relations Board joint employer case begins today. In RealClearPolicy, I discuss the less-than-transparent proceedings leading up…

Labor and Employment

Not Much Business Sense on Capitol Hill

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Not Much Business Sense on Capitol Hill

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/08/2016

Members of Congress, even some Democrats, are finally coming to terms that the Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule may be bad for business. Why…

Labor and Employment

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Obama Administration Policy Threatens Youth Job Opportunities

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/07/2016

The National Labor Relations Board’s long-awaited trial involving McDonald’s will begin this week on March 10. The case puts the franchise model in the…

Labor and Employment

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Uber Publishes Core Principles to Guide Seattle’s Union Election Procedures

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/03/2016

Uber maintains that Seattle’s recent ordinance that extends collective bargaining privileges to ridesharing drivers is illegal. However, to cover its bases, Uber issued a letter…

Labor and Employment

NLRB Undercuts its Own Employees’ Rights

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NLRB Undercuts its Own Employees’ Rights

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/26/2016

If the NLRB cannot respect the rights of its own employees, is it really capable of governing all private-sector labor relation disputes?…

Labor and Employment

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Sharing Economy in the AFL-CIO’s Crosshairs

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/23/2016

The AFL-CIO is meeting in San Diego to shape its policy initiatives for the upcoming year. One increasingly popular type of work arrangement is…

Labor and Employment

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House Oversight Committee Demands Agencies Reveal Union Subsidy Data

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/19/2016

On February 12, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent out letters to federal agency heads to provide more information on union “official…

Government Unions

A Majority of States Now Right to Work

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A Majority of States Now Right to Work

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/12/2016

Today's historic vote in West Virginia means that now in a majority of states, workers can’t be fired from their job if they choose not…

Labor and Employment

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Overtime Rule Is a Threat to Workers and Small Business

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/04/2016

By statute, Congress delegated to the Secretary of Labor “the authority to define and delimit the terms of the [overtime] exemptions.” But that doesn’t mean it…

Labor and Employment

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NLRB’s Joint Employer Ruling Challenged in Court

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/25/2016

CEI applauds Browning-Ferris’ stand against the National Labor Relations Board's upending of employment liability and flexibility, otherwise known as the new joint employment standard.  The…

Labor and Employment

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Labor Policy Developments to Watch in the New Year

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/22/2016

Labor policy reform was a fast-moving issue during in the past year. At the federal level, labor policy became more tilted in favor of union…

Government Unions

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How Do We Give Workers a Fair Shot? Remove Regulatory Roadblocks

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/13/2016

In President Obama’s State of the Union address, he echoed a theme that has been constant throughout his tenure, saying, “how do we give everyone a…

Labor and Employment

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Union Subsidy Eliminates So-Called “Free Rider” Problem

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/06/2016

On January 11, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that could provide right to work…

Government Unions

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Protecting American Workers and Job Creators with the Omnibus

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/09/2015

This week, Congress is working against the clock to avert a government shutdown and pass new spending legislation before the current continuing resolution expires on…

Labor and Employment

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Official Time and Criminal Misconduct by Federal Employees

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/02/2015

With under two weeks until Congress must pass an omnibus spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, one policy that should be on the chopping…

Labor and Employment

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NLRB Attack on McDonald’s

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/18/2015

No one accuses the government of being responsive to the public. Whether you are a veteran seeking care or need to renew your license at…

Labor and Employment

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Republicans Should Support Rep. King’s Amendment to Prohibit Davis-Bacon Requirements

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/04/2015

The House of Representatives is voting on the Highway Trust Fund this week. Numerous amendments have been added to the bill. One that should garner…

Labor and Employment

House Committee Pushes Back against NLRB Assault on Small Business

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House Committee Pushes Back against NLRB Assault on Small Business

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/28/2015

Today, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce passed H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, a bill that would restore the traditional…

Labor and Employment

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Return of the Employee Free Choice Act

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/26/2015

Labor law has dramatically changed under the Obama administration via the pro-union National Labor Relations Board. Many longstanding Board precedents have been tossed aside in favor…

Labor and Employment

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Why Isn’t There a Joint Union Standard?

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 10/02/2015

On September 29, an official and members of Boston’s Teamsters Local 25 were indicted on extortion charges, which U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz described as…

Labor and Employment

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Bill Introduced in Senate to Strip NLRB of Adjudicatory Power

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/30/2015

On September 28, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced The Protecting American Jobs Act, S. 2084, which would relieve the National Labor Relations Board of its…

Labor and Employment

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NLRB Doubles-Down on Expanded Joint-Employer Standard

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/28/2015

As I detailed here last week, in a case involving Browning-Ferris Industries, the National Labor Relations Board decided to greatly expand when an employer is…

Labor and Employment

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NLRB Joint Employer Decision Creates Barrier to Job Creation

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/22/2015

In a 2010 speech, President Obama said small business “is as American as apple pie. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy.” He went on…

Labor and Employment

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Missouri Can Make History with Right to Work Override Vote

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/16/2015

Today, the Missouri legislature is scheduled to vote on overriding Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of right to work. If Republicans can muster enough votes—several…

Labor and Employment

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Workers Deserve Labor Law Reform

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/04/2015

Unions use Labor Day as an occasion to remind workers of their past good deeds and deploy their usual rhetoric claiming to have workers’ best…

Government Unions

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Federal Labor Agencies Attack Workers and the Economy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/27/2015

Today, CEI released a report on the Obama administration’s effort to pay back its union allies by way of federal labor agencies. The National Labor Relations…

Labor and Employment

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CEI Joins Coalition to Support Right-to-Work Protections in Missouri

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/31/2015

No individual should be forced to financially support an organization with which they disagree or risk penalty. However, in Missouri and 24 other states, private-sector…

Labor and Employment

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