Institute For The American Worker

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[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

Op-ed: The Faster Labor Contracts Act empowers unions at workers’ expense. Some Republicans failed to see this charade in the House, but hopefully the Senate will have more common sense. Kristen Swearingen @MyPrivateBallot Coalition for a Democratic Workplace
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[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

Yet more research that helps to explain why freelance busting depresses not just self-employment, but also traditional employment and overall employment

[National Right To Work Foundation @RightToWork]

Following a petition signed by hundreds of registered nurses and healthcare professionals at GW University Hospital, the nurse who filed the petition asked the NLRB to stop using its non-statutory "blocking charge" policy to block employees from voting to remove union bosses.

[Fairness Center @FairnessCenter]

Days later, they learned of a second offer, with higher salary increases, a 401k-style retirement plan for new employees, and an additional retirement benefit—an offer like what they had hoped for all along.

The truth, it turned out, was that AFSCME officials had intentionally hidden the better offer from their own members because the officials opposed moving away from defined-benefit retirement plans. AFSCME officials had trampled their members' rights in favor of their own priorities.

Then Mark and his colleagues found the Fairness Center.

Read more: https://t.co/kNf6f1o2gx

[Public Labor Unions Accountability Committee @PLUACommittee]

Teachers’ union dues are meant for representing educators, not funding @rweingarten’s political manifesto.

[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

Op-ed PatricePinkFile: "real, recent occurrences against women and Blacks at the hands of their union organizing colleagues, as the Institute for the American Worker @inst4aw catalogued."
NLRB's Pro Labor Bent OK with Sexist, Racist, Abusive Behavior https://t.co/KZBo4FzcI2 @WMALDC @IWF

[Dominic Pino @DominicJPino]

"Governing is about trade-offs, and too few politicians have been willing to make them. Public employee unions are always going to demand more. They may not care where the money comes from, but taxpayers should."

@PostOpinions
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[Mark Janus @markjanusLJC]

So true. Union contracts that ham string workers into positions with little variation are not production for the worker or employer.

[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

"The test scores didn’t fall because of TikTok. They fell because millions of kids spent two years at home on screens, isolated from the teachers and classrooms Weingarten claims to champion."
@tina62208717 @AaronWythe Op-ed: Weingarten Blames Screens, Not Herself, For Falling Test Scores https://t.co/v33VEwJ6uL Gevura Fund @FreedomFdtn

[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

"the policy implications of Engbom’s research and related analyses are clear: by making workers more costly to employers or less willing and able to switch jobs, government policies ostensibly intended to “protect workers” are actively harming them and the economy overall"
Why “Pro-Worker” Policies Don’t Work https://t.co/4lv78ufrja via @CatoInstitute

[tina snider @tina62208717]

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[OCPAthink @OCPAthink]

As Oklahoma voters weigh State Question 832, a new analysis suggests that higher minimum-wage mandates do not necessarily translate into higher incomes for low-income workers. https://t.co/nIn8z7AmkP

[Public Labor Unions Accountability Committee @PLUACommittee]

THE 211: @mkhammer highlights a rare win for VA's governor, who vetoed a bill that would have expanded collective bargaining for government employees.

This helps protect local budgets & taxpayers from the higher costs that often come with union-negotiated government contracts.

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

Randi Weingarten says writing her new book “almost killed me.”

But it was AFT members who unknowingly paid the bill: over $1.4 MILLION in dues.

The Freedom Foundation's analysis of union filings (and a NY Post exclusive) shows exactly how.🧵

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

Teachers’ dues paid to produce Randi Weingarten’s $1.4 MILLION communist manifesto.

Ghostwriters, lawyers, and photo shoots were all approved by the AFT with zero member input. She publicly promised half the royalties to union charities. Instead, the AFT funneled $125,000 into a brand-new Delaware LLC for Weingarten herself.

[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

UAW goes on strike at key General Motors truck supplier plant https://t.co/DtsLJlCFxw

[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

OPINION @PatricePinkFile "real, recent occurrences against women and Blacks at the hands of their union organizing colleagues, as the Institute for the American Worker @inst4aw catalogued."
NLRB's Pro Labor Bent OK with Sexist, Racist, Abusive Behavior https://t.co/KZBo4FzcI2 @WMALDC @IWF

[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

Unite Here Local 11 's demands include banning ICE from venues, banning subcontractors and no AI or automation that could cost union jobs, and full transparency on hours/tip distribution to union.
SoFi Stadium workers set to vote on strike ahead of World Cup https://t.co/rqv1agiY3N

[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

More than 100 Oklahoma lawmakers oppose SQ 832 https://t.co/sRpsrPND3T @OCPAthink

[Institute For The American Worker @Inst4AW]

Op-ed: Ironically, the Faster Labor Contracts Act undermines the very worker empowerment its supporters claim to champion. Under its compulsory arbitration, decisions are made by outsiders who know little about the preferences of employees and certainly don’t stand in their shoes. Workers could find themselves bound by compensation systems, scheduling arrangements, and other workplace conditions they don’t support but can’t reject.
The Faster Labor Contracts Act disempowers workers https://t.co/ic9PPv6D6u