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Minimum Wage Hike Passed by House Democrats Would Put Millions Out of Work

House Democrats today passed a federal minimum wage hike, $7.25 to $15 per hour, though with slim expected chance of gaining Senate passage. Politics aside, CEI labor policy experts warn the consequences of imposing that substantial burden on employers would be dire for millions of workers.

Let There Be a Clean Break Between Unions, Nonmembers

The editorial “House gets it mostly right on labor law” misses the mark. The primary provision of the bill that the Globe finds sensible — allowing unions to “charge nonmembers if they use union services” — is not the best solution available to fix Massachusetts’ labor law. However, there is a sensible avenue to solve the purported free-rider problem: Eliminate exclusive representation. Exclusive-representation laws force union representation on unwilling individuals, just because a majority of their colleagues voted for it in the past. Nonmembers are compelled to work under a union contract, the contents of which they have no say in.

CEI Comments to DOL on Overtime Rule

On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), we are pleased to submit the following comments on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule on Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, known as the EAP exemption. The proposed rule aims to raise the salary threshold for overtime eligible employees to $679 per week ($35,308 annually) from $455 per week ($23,660 annually), among other changes to overtime requirements.

CEI Leads Coalition Letter to Department of Labor on Intermediate Bodies Rule

Dear Secretary Acosta:

As free-market and conservative organizations concerned with protecting worker free choice and ensuring labor union officials are accountable to members, we urge the Department of Labor (DOL) to restore the “Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports: Coverage of Intermediate Bodies” rule. The rule extends the coverage of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA) to certain state and regional unions that represent only public employees and are a subordinate to an international or national labor union.

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