Labor Lobbying, India’s Greenhouse Gases and Honduras’ Financial Struggle
Labor unions gear up to lobby for the so-called “Employee Free Choice Act,” which could impose binding federal arbitration in union disputes.
India’s emissions of greenhouse gases are projected to triple by 2030.
International banks may suspend credit to the government of Honduras after the ouster of former president Manuel Zelaya.
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1. LABOR
Labor unions gear up to lobby for the so-called “Employee Free Choice Act,” which could impose binding federal arbitration in union disputes.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Editorial Director Ivan Osorio on the perverse incentives of binding arbitration:
“Under this provision, a newly unionized company and the newly certified union have 90 days to negotiate a contract. If they have not reached a contract after that time, they must negotiate for another 30 days, at the end of which a federally appointed arbitrator may step in and impose a contract. This creates perverse incentives for union negotiators to stall, and may give the union a lot of what they want through arbitration — including requiring the company to pay into a multi-employer union pension fund.”
2. ENVIRONMENT
India’s emissions of greenhouse gases are projected to triple by 2030.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on the role of China and India in addressing climate change:
“India and China talk the Al Gore talk of climate Armageddon and the necessity for urgent action — yet their emissions keep going up and they refuse to adopt emission caps or carbon taxes. The world’s two most populous countries with the biggest ‘emerging’ economies act on the premise that global warming policies are more dangerous than global warming itself. It’s time for their words to match their deeds, as I explain today on MasterResource.Org.”
3. POLITICS
International banks may suspend credit to the government of Honduras after the ouster of former president Manuel Zelaya.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Attorney Hans Bader on how diplomatic sanctions are hurting poor Hondurans:
“By blocking international recognition of Honduras’s current government, imposing sanctions, and continually pressuring Honduras to let ex-president Zelaya return to power, the Obama Administration has helped destabilize the country, with terrible consequences for the country’s poor. My co-worker Julie notes, ‘My daughter was going to go to help set up an orphanage in Honduras next month and now can’t.’”
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