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Union Time on the Taxpayer Dime

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/10/2019

“Forcing free and independent individuals to endorse ideas they find objectionable is always demeaning,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion in Janus v…

Labor and Employment

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The Case against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/26/2019

The Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 (H.R. 2474) would radically overhaul United States labor relations law to facilitate labor union organizing without…

Labor and Employment

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Supreme Court Can Strike a Victory for Worker Freedom in Janus Case

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 01/23/2018

View Full Document as PDF Mark Janus is a state child support specialist in Illinois. He works to ensure that children receive…

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Shrinking Government Bureaucracy

  • By: Iain Murray, John Berlau, Kent Lassman, Myron Ebell, Ryan Radia, Trey Kovacs
  • 09/06/2017

View Full Document as PDF Shrinking Government Bureaucracy is a series of policy proposals by Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) experts to rein in…

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Union Time on the Taxpayer Dime

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/31/2017

View Full Document as PDF Published with the James Madison Institute Over the past 20 years, Floridians have consistently made conscious decisions…

Labor and Employment

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Rethinking the National Labor Relations Board

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/15/2017

View Full Document as PDF The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that oversees private sector labor relations in the…

Labor and Employment

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It Is Time to End Official Time

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/18/2017

View Full Document as PDF For years, federal employee unions have enjoyed a government subsidy that enables their members to perform union…

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First Steps for the Trump Administration: Unleash America’s Labor Force

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 12/14/2016

View full document as PDF During the Obama administration the Department of Labor (DOL) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) failed to…

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Congress Can Protect Workers Using the Power of the Purse

  • By: John Berlau, Trey Kovacs
  • 10/26/2016

View Full Document as PDF In 2016 to date, the Obama administration has burdened the American public with nearly $100 billion in…

Labor and Employment

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Redefining Workers out of a Job

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/02/2016

View Document as PDF Federal agencies should be cautious when overturning established policies. Doing so creates uncertainty and frequently generates unintended consequences.

Labor and Employment

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‘Release Time’ Forces Taxpayers to Pay for Union Work

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 06/29/2016

Full Document Availible in PDF Taxpayers expect their government to spend their tax dollars only on activities that benefit the public. Yet…

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Union Time on the Taxpayer’s Dime

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/09/2016

Originally published at the Yankee Institute Full Document Available in PDF As of early 2016, Connecticut was in collective bargaining negotiations…

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Department of Labor’s New Overtime Rule Puts Flexible Work Arrangements and Paths to Success at Risk

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/08/2016

Full Document Available in PDF On March 13, 2014, President Obama sent a memorandum to the Secretary of Labor to update and…

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NLRB’s New Joint Employer Standard Threatens Business Formation and Job Creation

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/01/2016

What can we expect from new joint employer standards? Roadblocks to entrepreneurship and job creation.

Labor and Employment

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A Remedy for Fairfax County’s Taxpayer Giveaway to Unions

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 11/30/2015

Full Document Available in PDF Use of taxpayer funds should be reserved for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an…

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Why Right to Work is Right for Missouri

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 09/14/2015

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

Labor and Employment

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Federal Labor Agencies Ambush American Economy

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 08/26/2015

As it enters its final stretch, the Obama administration has launched an unprecedented campaign to reward the president’s union allies, using the regulatory process.

Labor and Employment

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A Remedy for the Lone Star State’s Taxpayer Giveaway to Unions

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 07/23/2015

Full Document Available in PDF Use of taxpayer funds should be reserved for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an…

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A Remedy for Taxpayer Giveaway to Unions

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 03/25/2015

Full Document Available in PDF Use of taxpayer funds should be reserved for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an…

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How the UAW Lost Tennessee

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 04/15/2014

In 2011, after state tax incentives lured Volkswagen to Chattanooga, Tennessee, the UAW saw its best chance of making the goal of unionizing a foreign…

Labor and Employment

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Official Time: Taxpayers paying for union work is officially a scam

  • By: Trey Kovacs
  • 02/04/2013

Summary: Few Americans are aware that, through their tax dollars, they finance labor unions through a practice known as “official time” or “release time.” The…

Labor and Employment

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Labor Unions and the Democratic Party

  • By: Ivan Osorio, Trey Kovacs
  • 07/01/2011

Full Document Available in PDF Recently AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka compared…

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