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In 2007 the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America campaigned to organize the card dealers at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, N.J. Days before the election, the union assembled federal, state and local politicians, Trump employees and union organizers for a mock card-check vote, broadcast by a local TV station that subsequently announce...
The site called "What Is EFCA?" is pretty gnarly looking, but it's offering a new take on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) with a somewhat interactive presentation called "Card Checked the Game."
Behind the site and game, evidently, are two groups called Americans for Tax Reform and Alliance for Worker Freedom. No idea who they are.
Senator Tom Harkin, D.-Iowa, says compromise is in order to save the Employee Free Choice Act, specifying that the card check provision will no doubt have to be dropped.
"Compromises are going to be made," said Harkin, 69. "It probably won't be card check [as part of the final law], because too many people are opposed to it now."
Card check allows organizers to unionize a c...
As is their wont, the French reject American culture while embracing and perfecting it, in their own inimitable way.
Take the example of unionization. France is widely unionized. You can hardly visit there without the garbage collectors or air traffic controllers or railway operators going on strike for this or that. They all work for publicly operated entities, which are in turn union strangl...
The AFL-CIO descended on Capitol Hill Wednesday in support of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), bearing a petition with a claimed 1.5-million signatures. The laborite love fest came a few days after Vice-President Joe Biden said "welcome back to the White House" to his union cronies and pledged support for the EFCA.
However, though loudly dismissed by the AFL-CIO as bogus (anything that doe...
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U.S. Department of Labor Officially Restores Prior Overtime Exemption Rules
On May 14th, 2026, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has officially rescinded the 2024 overtime exemption rules. Specifically, the WHD published a technical amendment to restore previous 2019 regulations that dictated overtime exemptions for...
NLRB General Counsel Takes Action to Tackle Current Case Backlog
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Privacy Agency Invites Comments from Businesses on the CCPA’s Usage of Personal Data
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DOL Proposes New Joint Employer Rule To Unify Standards Under Federal Labor Laws
In April 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule to establish a single, clear standard for determining when joint-employer status applies under three major federal laws: the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Migrant and Seasonal...
DOL Updates Enforcement Approach for Employee Benefit Plans: What Employers Should Know
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a significant change in its enforcement of employee benefit plan rules. The DOL will now focus more closely on serious violations that harm workers and retirees, meaning compliant employers may face less scrutiny under the updated approach.