Less than two months into the school year, Clay County, Tennessee, students and teachers are back at home – not for “Fall Break” – for the foreseeable future. That’s right. All three of the district’s schools are closed, forcing more than 1,000 students to lose valuable learning time. What contributed to the district’s decision? In large part, ObamaCare. As Clay County Director of Schools explaine... Read more »
Not too long ago, Democratic presidential candidates were wooing Big Labor by voicing support for the anti-worker card check scheme. Now, Sen. Bernie Sanders has taken that union boss courtship a step further by introducing card check as a legislative proposal named the Workplace Democracy Act. It’s a curious new name for this old anti-worker scheme. In a democracy, people have the right to vote b... Read more »
The White House is hosting a summit to “start the conversation” on amplifying workers’ voices. It’s an interesting idea for an administration that’s been largely tone deaf to the challenges facing working families. Anyone who has been listening knows that the president’s failed policies are hurting the economy, and as a result, hurting workers across the country. While the economy may be showing s... Read more »
Small business owners traveled to Capitol Hill this week to speak out against the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) latest assault on job creators and to urge policymakers to rally behind a legislative solution. Introduced by leaders in the House and Senate, the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act (H.R. 3459) would roll back the board’s harmful joint employer decision, restore long-sta... Read more »
By redefining what it means to be an employer, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will wreak havoc on working families and small business owners across the country. But just who exactly will be on the losing end of the NLRB’s latest Big Labor ploy? For starters, franchise businesses will be hit hard and with costly consequences. According to the International Franchise Association: There ar... Read more »
The Obama National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has a long history of benefiting Big Labor at the expense of working families and small business owners. They also have a bad habit of dismissing legitimate concerns while advancing their activist agenda. History repeated itself yet again in a partisan decision redefining what it means to be an employer. Here is how the board’s Democratic majority re... Read more »
For months, employees, job creators, and policymakers have warned about the consequences of the Department of Labor’s overtime proposal. So far, these concerns are falling on deaf ears. Now, an independent office within the president’s own Small Business Administration is expressing concerns as well. In a letter to the department, the Office of Advocacy writes: While small businesses support a mod... Read more »
President Obama has unveiled a new “College Scorecard,” an online tool the administration promises will provide prospective students “reliable data on every institution of higher education.” The basic concept behind the scorecard – strengthening transparency in higher education – has long been a bipartisan priority. In fact, Republicans and Democrats are championing a legislative proposal to help ... Read more »
Republican leaders in Congress have started an effort to roll back a recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that radically changes what it means to be an employer and will have far-reaching consequences for working families, small business owners, and entrepreneurs. In response to the board’s latest Big Labor ploy, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-M... Read more »
Adding insult to injury, the Department of Labor has decided to NOT provide the public more time to weigh in on its overtime proposal. Having heard numerous concerns from stakeholders, the Committee on Education and the Workforce wrote to the department, noting that “the amount of time provided for public comment is insufficient given the significance of the proposed changes.” As the letter explai... Read more »
