GOP: No More Micro Unions

House Republicans to introduce bill to protect workplaces from backdoor unionization
Phil Roe / AP

Congressional Republicans will introduce legislation to overturn a controversial National Labor Relations Board decision and protect workplaces from backdoor unionization.

NLRB Assault on First Amendment

Labor board seeking to sanction newspaper despite court ruling
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The National Labor Relations Board is attempting to sanction a California newspaper despite a federal appeals court’s decision that such a ruling threatened the publisher’s First Amendment rights.

Controversial Nonprofit Receives CDC Grant

Grant designed to increase health outcomes could benefit union-supported trade organization
Culinary students at Colors Restaurant in New York / AP

A controversial nonprofit organization that critics accuse of acting as a labor front group received a lucrative grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March.

Busted Union

Union, company to pay $10k to truck driver fired after he refused to make political donations
Right-to-Work protest in Michigan / AP

One of the Democratic Party’s largest political contributors must pay a former employee who was fired from his job because he refused to donate to a union political action committee (PAC).

Griffin’s Baggage

Controversial NLRB member worked for union repeatedly accused of racial discrimination
Richard Griffin, NLRB logo

Controversial National Labor Relations Board member Richard Griffin previously worked for a union that has been sanctioned for racial discrimination.

Buying Silence

Walmart’s critics refuse to censure fellow travelers for taking Walmart’s money
Protester outside a Walmart store in November 2012 / AP

The activists who organized Tuesday’s nationwide strike against Walmart refused to criticize leftwing groups that have taken the mega retailer’s money.

Unconstitutional Appointments

Second appeals court strikes down Obama NLRB appointments
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A second federal appeals court has struck down President Obama’s 2012 recess appointments to the NLRB as unconstitutional.

Controversial Labor Nominee Leaves Committee

Nomination approved on a party-line vote
Tom Perez / AP

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted to send President Barack Obama’s controversial nominee for labor secretary to the full Senate on Thursday morning.

Marching for Perez

Hispanic activists take to streets for Obama labor nominee
Tom Perez / AP

Hispanic activists vowed during a Wednesday march to keep a watchful eye on how Republicans treat Tom Perez, President Barack Obama’s sole Latino cabinet nominee.