Posts tagged Joint Employer rule
Podcast: Rich Lowry with guest Vinnie Vernuccio; How Unions Are Failing American Workers
July 31, 2024 // National Review's Rich Lowry is joined by Vinnie Vernuccio, President of the Institute for the American Worker, to discuss how unions have reduced worker freedom, the underhanded tactics unions use to gain power and stifle dissenting voices, how the government enables unions, and how Americans can use free market principles to restore workers' rights and bring about positive labor reform.
NLRB withdraws 5th Circuit appeal of joint employer final rule injunction
July 19, 2024 // The Board said it would “like the opportunity to further consider the issues identified” in a district court’s injunction while citing other, ongoing legislation relevant to its rulemaking.
Commentary: Even SCOTUS liberal wing skeptical of NLRB moves
June 24, 2024 // Last week’s ruling is a message that the current Supreme Court will look upon this type of stuff very skeptically and therefore the NLRB should be more cautious when it comes to pushing the legal envelope.
Biden Pushes Early Renomination of Failed NLRB Chair in Effort to Deny Possible Trump Administration Control over Labor Board
June 12, 2024 // The NLRB is composed of five members, usually three of whom are from the president’s political party and two from the opposing party. The Board uses both adjudication and rulemaking to put forward its interpretations of the NLRA, but it needs a quorum of three members to act. Currently, there are four Board members (see Board composition here). Three of the members are Democrats, while one is a Republican. The other Republican seat has been vacant since December of 2022, because President Biden chose not to nominate anyone to that vacancy for a year and a half. While agency vacancies and delays on nominations are nothing new in Washington, this one is notable and shows an unusual partisanship and dishonesty.
Opinion | A Reckoning for Biden’s Lawless Labor Chief
June 11, 2024 // Mr. Biden has timed his appointments to the labor board to minimize resistance. He broke with tradition by not choosing a Republican to fill an open seat when the previous chairman, picked by President Trump, retired in 2022. Instead Mr. Biden waited until now to select a Republican at the same time he has renominated Ms. McFerran. He hopes presenting the two as a package will make it easier for vulnerable Democrats to approve Ms. McFerran. It’s an offer the Senate should refuse. Reapproving the sitting chairman would be business as usual in a Senate that has whooped through too many of Mr. Biden’s progressive nominees. The economy and the rights of workers will suffer if Ms. McFerran is confirmed again after her demonstrably lawless record.
Opinion: Congress should reject the Democrats’ workplace micromanagement bill
May 14, 2024 // On May 2, Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) rolled out the Warehouse Worker Protection Act with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, legislation that enacts a host of new government mandates on workplaces. Like the failed “Protecting the Right to Organize Act,” its end goal is to force more American workers into unions. The bill targets companies that use so-called “quotas,” framing attempts by employers to evaluate employee performance as inherently anti-worker. Despite the scary narratives progressives peddle, tracking employee performance is a common business practice, and employers use these metrics to ensure employees are operating safely and efficiently.
Biden’s veto of joint employer rule CRA a blow to small businesses
May 5, 2024 // Those franchisor corporations will not want to be on the hook for potential violations. They’ll either limit how they franchise and/or assert more control over their franchisees. Either way the entrepreneurs that ran them will lose out. A court blocked the rule from taking effect in March, saying that the NLRB had exceeded its authority. The board is expected to appeal the ruling.
Biden vetoes bid to repeal US labor board rule on contract, franchise workers
May 3, 2024 // Matthew Haller, president and CEO of the International Franchise Association, said the rule would cause particular harm to underrepresented groups including minorities, women and veterans who have often turned to franchising as a path to business ownership. “President Biden claims to be a champion for small businesses, but today he turned his back on franchising," Haller said in a statement. The rule was set to take effect in February, but was delayed and ultimately blocked by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in Tyler, Texas, in a lawsuit by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups.
Vinnie Vernuccio on Lars Larson Show
April 11, 2024 // Listen to this interview with Vinnie Vernuccio where he discusses the CRA on the NLRB's Joint-Employer rule, which was approved by the Senate 50-48.
Washington Examiner: Do we all work for the federal government?
April 10, 2024 // Unions have long wanted to organize larger companies, yet historically, they had to do so at each franchisee — a costly and time-consuming process. They would much prefer to organize one company instead of hundreds or tens of thousands of smaller businesses. Enter the NLRB.