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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unions

    Editorial Board: Why the NLRB needs its vacancies filled

    June 9, 2026 // There are several precedents from President Joe Biden’s NLRB in dire need of overruling. One decision allows the government to order a business to bargain with a union even if workers voted against it. Another makes speech by employers illegal if it is not “carefully phrased on the basis of objective fact,” in the opinion of the government.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unions

    An Easy Fix to IRS Tax Filing Delays: Don’t Pay IRS Employees to Abandon Their Posts in Lieu of Union Work

    January 24, 2022 // Ensuring that IRS employees spend tax-filing season doing their jobs rather than working for their union is a commonsense step in the right direction.

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