Eleven states have already passed laws allowing unions to unionize home healthcare workers.

Why?

Home healthcare workers are individuals, usually family members, who take care of people with disabilities and other serious health problems. In some states, the workers receive a small Medicaid payment in exchange for their services so that those in need can live in their own homes, instead of in government-run facilities.

By Olivia Grady

Many politicians and union leaders advocate for higher minimum wages, saying that this policy will help low-income workers. Unfortunately, a higher minimum wage hurts the people it is supposed to help by reducing their hours or eliminating their jobs entirely.

For example, in June 2017, the National Bureau of Economic Research published a paper called “Minimum Wage Increases, Wages, and Low-Wage Employment: Evidence from Seattle.”

Gold-Digging, Union-Style

By Abby Streu

If you happened to miss the latest episode of your favorite soap opera, don’t fret. The most recent scandal involving United Autoworkers (UAW) will provide you a drama-fix.

By Olivia Grady

On June 30, 2017, the Minneapolis City Council approved a $15 per hour minimum wage for the city with five to seven years for businesses to comply. The minimum wage applies to most workers, including those who earn tips.

Restaurant workers who earn tips and restaurant owners fought this rule. A restaurant industry group actually found that the average hourly pay for servers at 72 restaurants was $28.56. The association published the study to try to exempt workers who earn tips.

By Abby Streu

Funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) comes from the federal government’s budget—also known as the pockets of taxpayers and quite a few imaginary dollars (hence our ever-increasing debt).

In July 2017, the House of Representatives released the 2018 Fiscal Year (FY) funding approvals from a couple of appropriation subcommittees, including the one that dictates labor funding.

By Olivia Grady

On July 19, 2017, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) Report titled “Report of Hatch Act Investigation: Facilitating Labor Union’s Political Activity Through Use of ‘Union Official’ Leave Without Pay.”

Matt Patterson, Executive Director of the Center for Worker Freedom, was featured in The New Yorker in its July 24, 2017 issue.  The article discusses Patterson’s work in Colorado during the 2016 election in support of President Trump and his work for the Center, specifically helping Volkswagen workers defeat the union: