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InsideSources

REPORT: Why the Federal Labor Board Should Be Dismantled

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/17/2017

InsideSources covers Trey Kovacs’ suggested reforms for the National Labor Relations Board as part of CEI’s most recent publication Shrinking Governmnet Bureaucracy. The…

Labor and Employment

OneNewsNow

Min. Wage Study Suggests a Robot Works for Free

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/16/2017

OneNewsNow discusses a new report by the National Labor Relations Board with Trey Kovacs. A new study has concluded what many people have…

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

Senate Confirms Marvin Kaplan for NLRB

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/03/2017

Washington Examiner covers Marvin Kaplan’s confirmation to the National Labor Relations Board. The Senate on Wednesday approved President Trump’s pick of Marvin Kaplan…

Labor and Employment

The Washington Free Beacon

Senate Confirms Second GOP Board Member to NLRB

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/03/2017

The Washington Free Beacon covers Marvin Kaplan’s confirmation to the National Labor Relations Board. Republicans are no longer the minority at the National…

Labor and Employment

InsideSources

House Introduces Bill to End Joint-Employment Uncertainty

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/28/2017

InsideSources discusses joint employer with Trey Kovacs. House lawmakers are looking to add clarity to a patchwork of legal interpretations Thursday by introducing…

Labor and Employment

Citation

CEI Responds to Secretary of Labor Acosta’s Comments on Job Creation

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/19/2017

Ahead of President Trump’s “Made in America” roundtable event, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta offered comments on job creation. Competitive Enterprise Institute Policy Analyst…

Labor and Employment

InsideSources

Amazon Faces Union Pressure in Whole Foods Merger

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/18/2017

InsideSources discusses union pressure in the Whole Foods-Amazon deal with Trey Kovacs. A major union with members in the retail food industry released a…

Labor and Employment

Bloomberg BNA

FedEx Freight Drivers in NC Decertify Teamsters

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/12/2017

Bloomberg BNA discusses the decertification of Teamsters by FedEx Freight in North Carolina with Trey Kovacs. FedEx Freight drivers in Charlotte, N.C., voted…

Labor and Employment

Washington Free Beacon

Sudden Death for Obama OT Rules

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/03/2017

The Washington Free Beacon covers the Trump administration’s decision not to defend President Obama’s proposed overtime regulations. The Trump administration will not defend…

Labor and Employment

Roll Call

Trump Nominees for Labor Board Could Nix Obama-era Rules

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/30/2017

Roll Call discusses President Trump’s NLRB nominations with Trey Kovacs. President Donald Trump’s nomination of two attorneys to serve on the National Labor…

Labor and Employment

Washington Free Beacon

Trump Set to Give Employers a Leg Up at NLRB

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/21/2017

The Washington Free Beacon covers President Trump’s NLRB nomination and a statement by Trey Kovacs. The Trump administration may give Republicans a majority at…

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

Trump Is Dismantling Obama’s Workplace Law Legacy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/09/2017

Washington Examiner discusses President Trump’s rollback of labor regulations with Trey Kovacs. The White House is systematically dismantling former President Barack Obama’s legacy…

Labor and Employment

Inside Sources

Trump’s DOL Rescinds Obama-Era Franchise Rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/08/2017

Inside Sources discusses the rollback of the joint employer rule with Trey Kovacs. The Department of Labor (DOL) withdrew Wednesday from an Obama-era…

Labor and Employment

Washington Free Beacon

Labor Department Rolls Back Obama Franchise Rules

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/08/2017

The Washington Free Beacon discusses the rollback of the joint employer rule with Trey Kovacs. The Department of Labor will roll back an Obama-era…

Labor and Employment

Inside Sources

House Republicans Target Taxpayer Funded Union Work

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 05/25/2017

Inside Sources discusses the “Official Time” bill with Trey Kovacs. House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday aimed at providing further oversight into a…

Government Unions

Daily Caller

Report: Taxpayers Subsidize Thousands Of Federal Workers Conducting Union Business

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/21/2017

The Daily Caller highlights Trey Kovacs’ report on the practice of official time.   Thousands of federal employees are likely spending 100 percent…

Labor and Employment

Washington Free Beacon

Report: Taxpayers Potentially Paid Thousands of Union Officials

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/21/2017

The Washington Free Beacon reports on Trey Kovacs’ study on the practice of official time. An analysis by a pro-free-market think tank estimates…

Labor and Employment

InsideSources

Report: Ending Taxpayer Funded Union Work

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/21/2017

InsideSources reports on Trey Kovacs’ study on the practice of official time. Official time allows federal employees to do union tasks instead of…

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

Estimated 700 Federal Employees Do Only Union Work

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/21/2017

Washington Examiner reports on Trey Kovacs’ study on the practice of official time.  The estimate is from a study by the Competitive Enterprise…

Labor and Employment

Washington Free Beacon

Taxpayers Paid $162.5 Million for Union Work

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/28/2017

The Washington Free Beacon discusses the practice of official time with Trey Kovacs.  Trey Kovacs, a labor policy expert at the pro-free-market Competitive…

Labor and Employment

InsideSources

Taxpayers Spend Millions Providing Unions With Free Labor

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/27/2017

InsideSources discusses the practice of official time with Trey Kovacs. Supporters argue that official time allows federal unions to properly fulfill their legal…

Labor and Employment

Washington Free Beacon

Senate Rescinds Obama’s Blacklist Rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/07/2017

The Washington Free Beacon discusses the Department of Labor’s blacklisting rule with Trey Kovacs.  Labor law experts on both sides of the union…

Labor and Employment

Washington Free Beacon

GOP Outraged After Discovering VA Employees Spent 1.1 Million Hours on Taxpayer-Funded Union Activities

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/21/2017

The Washington Free Beacon reports on Trey Kovacs testifying before a House subcommittee on the Department of Veterans Affairs use of official time. …

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Republicans Blast VA For Putting Unions Ahead Of Veterans Care

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/17/2017

The Daily Caller discusses the use of official time at the Department of Veterans Affairs with Trey Kovacs.  William Lawrence Kovacs, a labor…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

House GOP Could Deliver Major Blow To Federal Unions

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/17/2017

The Daily Caller reports on Trey Kovacs testifying before a House subcommittee on the Department of Veterans Affairs use of official time.  “With…

Labor and Employment

Washington Post

House Republicans launch latest hit on federal unions

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/17/2017

The Washington Post reports on a House subcommittee hearing where Trey Kovacs testified on the practice of official time at the Department of Veterans Affairs. …

Labor and Employment

Citation

VIDEO: Trey Kovacs Discusses Puzder Withdrawing Nomination on Fox Business

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/16/2017

[VIDEO::https://youtu.be/AsNXYhWHmH4::aVideoStyle]…

Labor and Employment

InsideSources

Why Union Membership Is Down but Favorability Is Up

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/13/2017

InsideSources discusses labor union membership decline and public perceptions of labor unions with Trey Kovacs.  “I think people like the perceptions and the…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Labor Unions Deploy Dishonest Tactics, Paid Protesters Against Trump’s DOL Nominee

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/17/2017

The Daily Caller discusses with Trey Kovacs union-backed groups’ dishonest tactics against Department of Labor head nominee Andrew Puzder.  The dishonest tactics employed…

Labor and Employment

Blue Grass Policy

Big Labor’s Making Us Offers We Can Refuse

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio, Trey Kovacs
  • 12/17/2016

Labor and Employment

Blue Grass Policy

CEI and Crossroads GPS Announce Launch of Big Labor vs. Taxpayers

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio, Trey Kovacs
  • 12/17/2016

Labor and Employment

Blue Grass Policy

CEI and Crossroads GPS Announce Launch of Big Labor vs. Taxpayers

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio, Trey Kovacs
  • 12/17/2016

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

Court scraps Labor Department’s ‘persuader’ rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/13/2016

Washington Examiner discusses a court ruling on the Department of Labor's "persuader rule" with Trey Kovacs.   Trey Kovacs, labor policy analyst for…

Labor and Employment

InsideSources

Why New Deal Era Laws Are a Drag On the American Worker

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/08/2016

InsideSources highlights CEI's labor policy priorities for the 115th Congress.  The Competitive Enterprise Institute released a detailed report Thursday listing policies it hopes…

Labor and Employment

Daily Caller

Trump Nominates Fight For $15 Critic For Labor Secretary

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/08/2016

The Daily Caller discusses discusses President-elect Trump's pick for Labor Secretary with Trey Kovacs.  Free-market groups and right-leaning think tanks hailed the decision.

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

White House files appeal to save overtime rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/01/2016

Washington Examiner discusses a judge's injuction on the overtime pay rule with Trey Kovacs.  "Despite the harmful impact of the overtime rule on…

Labor and Employment

Washington Free Beacon

Labor Department Appeals OT Loss

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/01/2016

The Washington Free Beacon discusses how a Texas judge blocked the overtime pay rule with Trey Kovacs. In addition to the overtime regulations,…

Labor and Employment

The Washington Free Beacon

Another Obama Admin Labor Rule in Jeopardy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/22/2016

The Washington Free Beacon speaks with Trey Kovacs on a judge's injunction of the overtime rule.  Labor watchdogs and attorneys say the injunction…

Labor and Employment

InsideSources

The Obama Workplace Policies Likely on the Trump Chopping Block

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/15/2016

InsideSources discusses harmful labor regulations that the Trump administration can get rid of with Trey Kovacs.   “Executive orders and guidance can be…

Labor and Employment

InsideSources

House Republicans Fight to Delay Obama’s Overtime Rule

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/27/2016

InsideSources discusses the overtime pay rule with Trey Kovacs.  The Competitive Enterprise Institute has been one of several policy groups expressing concern over…

Labor and Employment

The Washington Free Beacon

Survey: 3 in 10 Union Members Want Out

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/16/2016

The Washington Free Beacon discusses National Employee Freedom Week with Trey Kovacs.  Trey Kovacs, a labor expert at the free market Competitive Enterprise…

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

One in four union members favors right-to-work

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/16/2016

Washington Examiner discusses National Employee Freedom Week with Trey Kovacs.  "National Employee Freedom Week is a crucial public service to counteract this assault…

Labor and Employment

Trib Live

Saturday Q&A: How NLRB muddled the joint employer standard

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/12/2016

Trey Kovacs is a policy analyst focusing on labor issues for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank. He spoke to the Trib…

Labor and Employment

Bloomberg BNA

DOL’s Perez Walks Election Tightrope as Clinton Supporter

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/11/2016

Bloomberg BNA speaks with Trey Kovacs on the head of the Labor Department's plans to travel to campaign on labor issues.  The labor secretary…

Labor and Employment

Politico

Legal challenges to minimum wage hikes

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/03/2016

Politico's Morning Shift highlights Trey Kovac's report on how the National Labor Relations Board's joint employer standard eliminates jobs.  The broadened joint employer standard…

Labor and Employment

Law 360

Think Tank Says NLRB Joint Employer Rule Harmful To Biz

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/03/2016

Law 360 highlights Trey Kovacs's report on the National Labor Relations Board's new joint employer standard. Competitive Enterprise Institute's report called on Congress…

Labor and Employment

Inside Sources

REPORT: Joint-Employment Could Upend Unsuspecting Businesses

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/03/2016

Inside Sources highlights Trey Kovacs's report on the unsuspecting ways the National Labor Relations Board's joint employer rule could impact businesses.  The National Labor…

Labor and Employment

Nation's Restaurant News

Subway reaches labor deal with regulators

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/02/2016

Nation's Restaurant News discusses the National Labor Relation Board's joint employer standard with Trey Kovacs.  Trey Kovacs, a policy analyst for the free-market…

Labor and Employment

The Detroit News

WikiLeaks reveals DNC holds unions in contempt

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/28/2016

The Detroit News discusses what the DNC email leak revealed about the party's relationship with labor unions with Trey Kovacs.  The DNC pledges…

Labor and Employment

Washington Examiner

After Obama, GOP platform moves right on labor issues

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/20/2016

Washington Examiner discusses the GOP platform's position on labor issues with Trey Kovacs.  "It is a positive development that the GOP recognizes the…

Labor and Employment

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