Liberty
ESG and the 2024 Presidential Race
James Antle of the Washington Examiner considers the potential role of “woke” corporations in the next presidential election. An obscure movement to push corporate America to the left could play…
United States labor law
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Pushback Against Pro-Union Biden Appointee
Graham Piro of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a legal challenge that could test a top Biden administration official on labor issues. An appeal filed by two union dissidents could…
Regulation
Unions can’t survive without coercion
David Harsanyi writes at National Review Online about a “dirty secret” involving labor unions’ survival tactics. It was heartening, though not particularly surprising, to see workers at an Amazon warehouse…
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
An ERA worth approving
Editors at the Washington Examiner highlight legislation that would restore worker freedom. One early opportunity we identified was to reform the 83-year-old regimen of labor laws, which are obsolete for…
Law & Public Safety
A Supreme Court win might not be enough to prevent forced union dues collection
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon explains why a Supreme Court victory in the Janus case could represent just the first step in a fight against forced unionization. The…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Trashing anti-franchise rules
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon highlights potential changes to harmful Obama administration labor rules. A senior Trump administration official indicated the White House will give employers more input…
Regulation
Senator criticizes government ‘attack’ on businesses
Connor Wolf of the Daily Caller details one U.S. senator’s concerns about the federal government’s approach to franchise businesses. During a Senate hearing Wednesday, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander challenged a…
Liberty
Me Wants to Eat
The Smoky Mountain News has a nice article about Haywood County farmers bending the ear of Congressman Mark Meadows (R-Cashiers). Farm Bureau hosted the breakfast to brief lawmakers on how…
Liberty
Leef asks Forbes readers to consider ‘lousy labor laws’
George Leef’s latest Forbes column focuses on a key lesson from the United Auto Workers’ recent defeat in a union vote at a Chattanooga Volkswagen plant. Whether the rebuke will…
Liberty
Making things worse, Part Deux
Obama’s National Labor Relations Board, eager to do anything to help Big Labor dragoon more dues payers into its ranks, has been working hard to stack the deck in favor…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Cantor outlines U.S. House’s plans for creating jobs
The debate over the best way to create job growth will ramp up again soon in Washington, with competing proposals from President Obama and U.S. House Republicans. House Majority Leader…