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Biden’s Bad Border Polls, The Infrastructure Trojan Horse, The Left’s War on Biological Sex

March 31, 2021 by GregC

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Rob Long and Greg react to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo doing exactly what Rob said he would do to distract from his many scandals. Then they’re glad to see President Biden’s poll numbers sinking on immigration policy. They also explain how Biden’s “infrastructure” bill appears to include a bunch of Green New Deal provisions and guts the freedom to work. And they call out the left’s refusal to acknowledge basic biological reality when it comes to determining a person’s sex.

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Filed Under: Climate, congress, Constitution, Economy, Education, Elections, History, Humor, Immigration, Journalism, News & Politics Tagged With: Biden, biology, border, climate, Cuomo, gender reveal, immigration, infrastructure, labor, marijuana, National Review, right to work, sex, Three Martini Lunch, transgender, unions

Dems Take Aim at ‘Right to Work’ Laws

February 7, 2020 by GregC

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Democrats in Congress and in Virginia are pursuing legislation they say protects the right of workers to organize but critics say it’s nothing more than an effort to compel union membership for workers whether they want to belong or not.

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also known as the PRO Act.  Supporters claim it paves the way for employees to organize if they wish and protects them from retribution from employers.  Critics contend it forces workers to pay union dues even if they don’t want anything to do with a labor union.

Opponents also warn that the legislation would force independent contractors to be classified as employees, a designation that has led to major upheaval in the gig economy in California after similar legislation was enacted last year.

In addition to the debate in Congress, which will likely go nowhere in the U.S. Senate, the new Democratic majorities in Virginia are also taking aim at right to work laws with competing bills in the House of Delegates and the State Senate.

Further complicating the Democrats’ efforts are statistics from Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam.  According to his projections, repealing right to work laws in Virginia would cost the commonwealth $11 billion and 37,000 jobs.

With both sides of the debate claiming to be on the side of workers, what does the evidence show?  What protections already exist for workers wishing to organize and what would the bills in Washington and in Virginia actually accomplish?

We get answers to those questions with National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix.

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Filed Under: congress, Economy, News & Politics Tagged With: congress, labor, news, unions, Virginia, work

The State of American Labor on Labor Day

August 30, 2019 by GregC

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As America pauses for Labor Day, the battle between organized labor and the right to work movement remains intense. Right now, 27 states have right to work laws, which do not compel union membership or dues payments as a prerequisite for holding any job.

Last year, right to work advocates also scored a major win at the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices struck down a precedent dating back to the 1970’s to rule that government sector workers cannot be required to join government sector unions or pay dues.

So where does the debate over compulsory union membership stand now? What right to work states are witnessing major efforts to reverse those laws? And what will labor policy look like if a Democrat wins the White House next year.

Listen to the podcast as Greg Corombos discusses all of this and more with Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

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Economy Strong and Only Getting Stronger

June 1, 2018 by GregC

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U.S. unemployment fell to its lowest rate in 18 years and is on the brink of matching the lowest numbers in 50 years, and a former Labor Department economist is confident the economy is only getting stronger.

On Friday, the Labor Department reported 223,000 new jobs were created in May, higher than the 188,000 predicted by experts.  The report also shows the unemployment rate dropping to 3.8 percent, the lowest since 2000.  The U-6 rate, which also factors in part-time workers seeking full-time work and discouraged job seekers dropping out of the labor force, is at 7.6 percent, the lowest rate since 2001.

“The jobs market is performing very, very well.  I think that everyone can be happy with the numbers that came out today,” said Diana Furchtgott-Roth, who served as chief economist at the Department of Labor for President George W. Bush and later as the chief of staff for Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers.

Furchtgott-Roth is confident the numbers are only going to get better as the benefits of the corporate tax cuts kick in.

“As companies start to realize and implement plans based on the 21 percent corporate tax rate, we’re going to see a lot stronger economy going forward.  Don’t forget, the tax cuts were only passed January 1.  Businesses are still changing their plans based on those tax cuts,” she said.

The May jobs report also showed a 0.3 percent rise in wages, edging the expectation of a 0.2 percent gain.  Many economists contend that rate is still anemic considering the overall strength of the economy, but Furchtgott-Roth says a close study of the numbers explains why.

“If you look at the jobs report carefully, you can see that the unemployment rate went down the most among people without a high school diploma and and people with a high school diploma and no college.  Those are the lowest-skilled people in the workforce and they come in at a lower wage.

“One needs to realize this is an average wage and when the economy is employing more low-skilled workers, as we want it to do, then the average wage will not rise as quickly as if all the gains were among the group who had a BA,”said Furchtgott-Roth.

She also says the wage number does not factor in the many benefits all workers are receiving such as health benefits and time off for vacation and maternity leave.

Tthat said, Furchtgott-Roth is confident wages will soon be rising more substantially.

“I think the tightness of the labor market, the 3.8 percent unemployment rate, does augur very, very well for future wage increases within one’s particular group,” she said.

The labor participation rates dipped slightly once again, remaining at a stubbornly low 62.7 percent.  Furchtgott-Roth suspects some of that may be due to women waiting until school starts in the fall before returning to work, but she says the rate is simply too low.

“That is definitely something we want to address, especially among workers in the prime age group of 25-55 (years old),” she said.

While Democrats found little to criticize other than President Trump tipping his hand on the jobs report before the numbers were released, experts on both sides of aisle fear new tariffs against China and allies in Europe could stunt economic growth.  Furchtgott-Roth is not worried and believes such moves are necessary to protect vital economic interests.

“One has to realize this is is a negotiating tool and also that China is stealing America’s intellectual property, so something has to be done.  President after president has ignored the theft of America’s intellectual property and it needs to be addressed,” she said.

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