Posts tagged Rep. Jim Banks

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    ARE PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS PASSÉ?

    May 5, 2022 // Union membership is way down, and their collective future is not rosy.

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    Press Release ● Labor

    I4AW, Mackinac Center Laud RSC Chairman Banks, Rep. Allen, Rep. Foxx and other Lawmakers for Defending the Rights of Independent Workers

    February 11, 2022 // “The NLRB is stepping outside its authority to make it more difficult for entrepreneurs to work for themselves and support their families,” said F. Vincent Vernuccio, president of Institute for the American Worker and senior labor policy adviser for the Mackinac Center. “Reclassifying them as employees would bring added bureaucracy for employers and less flexibility for workers who value the opportunity to be their own boss.”

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Unions

    Opinion: A new GOP bill would give workers an alternative to unions. Republicans should get behind it.

    February 4, 2022 // The proposal — called the Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act, or Team Act — aims to address one of the major problems with the modern U.S. economy: the lack of employee voice within a business.

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