Liberty
Sanders’ 32-Hour Work Week Plan Panned
Editors at National Review Online target the latest bad idea from socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) wants everyone to get paid the same for doing less…
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
United States wage law
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Unions Should Focus on Workers, Not Congress
Sean Higgins argues at National Review Online that labor unions should shift gears to ensure their survival. The U.S. labor movement is facing a crisis of dwindling membership and hitching…
Education
Big Government, Big Price Tag – Part 2
Introduction Public-sector unions are central to some of the most contentious public policy issues in contemporary America. Do unions improve or impair the political process and elections? Do police unions…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Back to the future for labor unions
Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner reports on the proposed revival of a long-discarded labor union process. In a sign of the importance of labor backing in the 2020 Democratic…
Regulation
The minimum wage hurts ex-cons, teens, and African-Americans
That’s the assessment Bill Wirtz offers of the government-mandated minimum wage in a column for the Foundation for Economic Education. For labor unions and politicians, increasing the minimum wage is…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Rewriting Obama overtime rules
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon reports that the U.S. Labor Department wants more time to tinker with federal overtime rules. The Department of Labor is now attempting to…
Law & Public Safety
Court order won’t stop some companies from complying with federal OT regs
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon reports that a federal court order blocking the Obama administration’s new overtime rules will not stop some companies from moving forward with compliance…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt The Very People They’re Supposed to Help
Minimum Wage Hikes Hurt the Very People They’re Supposed to Help. In 2013 President Barack Obama joined Democrats in Congress pushing for an increase of the federal minimum wage to…
Law & Public Safety
States sue over Obama’s latest overreach
Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt writes at National Review Online about the latest example of federal government overreach that has united multiple states in opposition. Unlike the federal government,…
Liberty
Leef’s latest Forbes column pans State of the Union’s minimum-wage rhetoric
George Leef’s latest Forbes column examines a key flaw in President Obama’s latest State of the Union address. President Obama’s penultimate SOTU was notable for its audacity in demanding an…
Regulation
Fast-food restaurant chain CEO takes aim at Obama’s overtime action
Roy Cordato isn’t the only one raising concerns about President Obama’s efforts to change standards for overtime pay. Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, adds his thoughts on the topic…
Regulation
Leef considers 75-year-old law that continues to help statists ply their trade today
George Leef’s latest column for Forbes probes the ongoing negative impact of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. Leef focuses first on President Obama’s effort to expand FLSA overtime rules…