Category: protecting the right to organize

Progressives Versus Independent Contractors

Commentary Despite being a politician all his life, and never having worked in a blue-collar job, President Joe Biden declared, ā€œIā€™m a union man,ā€ when he announced his presidential campaign at a Teamsters union hall in Pittsburgh in April 2019. What our president really loves is big government and political power, and there is no…


House Approves Pro-Union Bill Aimed at Expanding Protections for Labor Union Organizing

The U.S. House of Representatives on March 9 narrowly approved legislation pushed by Democrats that would expand protections for labor union organizing and collective bargaining and amend decades-old labor law. The bill, called the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, was approved in a 225-206 vote, with five Republicans joining Democrats in favor of the…