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Will Independent Contractors Be Reclassified Out of Existence?

By James Plummer
10/17/2012
The proposed Labor Department budget for fiscal year 2013 includes money for 35 new investigators to dig through business records and go after employers and employees who contract independently.

TAGS: Department of Labor, independent contractors, IRS, Obama Administration, unions

Push for Openness in Collective Bargaining Fails By One Vote In Committee

By Kevin Mooney
06/06/2011
Rep. Toni Ligi's attempt to bring greater openness and transparency to the collective bargaining process will have to wait at least one more year. His bill failed in a House committee by just one vote.

TAGS: collective bargaining, Louisiana Federation of Teachers, public employee bargaining transparency act, Toni Ligi, unions

Commentary: Louisiana Union Rally a Misguided Show of Solidarity

By Jamison Beuerman
02/24/2011
"Not only do public-sector unions hamper the effectiveness of government and the efficiency of business, they impede the ability of elected leaders to enact sound reforms."

TAGS: public pensions, Scott Walker, unions

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Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government


In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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