
LaborUnionNews.com's Labor Relations Radio
A podcast covering employee and labor relations news, featuring guests with diverse backgrounds and points of view.
Episodes
169 episodes
Labor Relations Radio, E168—So much is happening in DC regarding unions almost daily. WPI's Alex MacDonald helps break it down.
From effectively shuttering the FMCS to ending collective bargaining for certain agencies to the rehiring and refiring of NLRB Gwynne Wilcox, Alex MacDonald helps explain what's going on.In the last week alone, the Trump adminis...
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Labor Relations Radio, E167 — An Update On The 'War On The Gig Economy' With FreelanceBusting.com's Kim Kavin
Kim Kavin rejoins the podcast to discuss all the latest in the unions' and Democrats' efforts to destroy independent contracting for millions of Americans.Kim Kavin, a freelance writer and editor, co-founder of
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Labor Relations Radio, E166—A New Bill Puts the Feds into the Position of Dictating Contract Terms On The Private Sector. Here's Why That's Bad...
WPI's Alex MacDonald returns to the podcast to discuss a "bipartisan" bill to allow the federal government to mandate first-contracts on private-sector employers.______________________________If the workers ...
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Labor Relations Radio, E165—UC Berkeley Professor James O'Brien on AI and the Urgency to Consider UBI
James F. O’Brien is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley and has written about how the coming AI job apocalypse necessitates the need to look at alternative means of rev...
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Labor Relations Radio, E164—What is Happening on the Labor Front in DC? Kristen Swearingen Fills Us In.
A lot is going on in Washington, DC these days. In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Kristen Swearingen Vice President, Legislative & Poli...
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Labor Relations Radio, E163—NRTW's Mark Mix on Trump's Secretary of Labor Nominee & Sen. Josh Hawley's Anti-Worker Folly
If the workers surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915_______________...
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Labor Relations Radio, E162—'Economic Oracle' Jon Morrow on our possible future
Nearly two years after his first episode on Labor Relations Radio, economist Jon Morrow returns to discuss a wide array of topics: The topics range from the return of Donald Trump to the Presidency, the national debt, artificial intelligence, n...
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Labor Relations Radio, E161—WPI's Alex MacDonald On The Legal Theory Behind The Firing Of NLRB Member Wilcox
President Trump's terminating NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo was expected; terminating NLRB Member Wilcox was not. WPI's Alex MacDonald explains the legal theories that may be behind the move.On Monday, President Trump ter...
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Labor Relations Radio, E160—NRF's Ed Egee on the latest labor happenings in Washington, DC
National Retail Federation's Ed Egee provides an update on some of the latest happenings in Washington, DC since Pres. Trump re-entered the Oval Office.Mr. Edwin Egee, vice president, government relations and workforce d...
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Labor Relations Radio, E159—Back-to-Back Interviews on the California Wildfires
California Policy Center's Edward Ring and Retired Battalion Chief Frank Ricci discuss some of the issues that have contributed to the devastation of the California wildfires.Recorded separately for
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Labor Relations Radio, E158—Historical Karma: How Jimmy Carter May Have Helped Trump Get Elected in 2024
Connecting the dots from Carter's deregulation crusade nearly 45 years ago to the election of Donald Trump.In a wide-ranging interview with Tucker Carlson, Teamsters’ President Sean O’Brien explained how the Democrats br...
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Labor Relations Radio E157—An NLRB Roundup with LRI's Michael VanDervort
A discussion between two non-attorneys about the latest happenings at the National Labor Relations BoardThere have been a lot of developments at the National Labor Relations Board since the November 5th election, and wit...
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Labor Relations Radio, E156—Writer Erik Sherman on Income Inequality and the Dystopian Impact of AI
A wide-ranging discussion on income inequality, the growth of artificial intelligence and its impact on society.Erik Sherman is a freelance writer who reports on business, economics, finance, investing, markets, tech, la...
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Labor Relations Radio, E155—Is Trump's Pick For Department of Labor '4D Chess' or Just A Terrible Pick? With RedState.com's Jen Van Laar
Picking a PRO-Act supporting, amnesty and Big Government-loving, one-term Congresswoman as the next labor secretary has many people scratching their heads.On Friday evening, much to the surprise of the business community...
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Labor Relations Radio, E154—A Union Trojan Horse Is Being Pushed For Labor Secretary; Michael Saltsman Explains
Teamsters' President Sean O'Brien—and the AFT's Randi Weingarten—want a pro-union former Congresswoman to head Donald Trump's Department of Labor.Teamsters President Sean O’Brien is
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Labor Relations Radio, E153—Attorney Mike Carrouth On What the NLRB's New 'Captive Audience' Ban Means For Employers
The NLRB, in overturning a 78-year-old precedent, pushes the pendulum even further to the left.Though not unexpected, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its
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Labor Relations Radio, E152—LRI's Phil Wilson On The NLRB's Decision Reversing The 40-Year Old 'Tricast' Doctrine
Employers and their agents beware: You will now be held accountable if you do not correctly explain the NLRA's Section 9(a) when speaking with employees.Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
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Labor Relations Radio, E155—Is Trump's Pick For Department of Labor '4D Chess' or Just A Terrible Pick? With RedState.com's Jen Van Laar
Picking a PRO-Act supporting, amnesty and Big Government-loving, one-term Congresswoman as the next labor secretary has many people scratching their heads.On Friday evening, much to the surprise of the business community...
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Labor Relations Radio, E151—Attorney Jon Hyman On What To Expect Under A Trump NLRB
With the election of Donald Trump to become the 47th President of the United States, both employers and unions should expect yet another pendulum swing in labor law.In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, returning guest
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Labor Relations Radio, E150—Attorney Cary Burke On What Employers & Unions Can Expect In Labor Relations Post Election
Plus, Elon Musk's victory at the Fifth CircuitWith the November 5th elections right around the corner, employers and unions alike are girding themselves for what could be a very consequential outcome.In this, the ...
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Labor Relations Radio, E149: An Accidental Outcome? Alex MacDonald returns to discuss how the NLRA's success has resulted in fewer unions & what might happen under a new administration in DC.
“It is declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce and to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they have occurred by encouraging the practi...
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Labor Relations Radio, E148—An Update From Kim Kavin On The Battle Against Freelance Busters
Millions of Americans' careers are on the line in this election. Yet, no one is talking about the War on Independent ContractorsReturning guest Kim Kavin, a freelance writer, editor and co-founder of Fight for Freelancer...
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Labor Relations Radio E147—Is the Teamsters' Sean O'Brien a "Scab?" Joe Brock explains why he thinks so.
O'Brien has failed to lead his members, says Brock, a former Teamster-turned-consultant.Is Sean O’Brien, the President of the International Brotherhood Teamsters, a “scab” for not endorsing Kamala Harris?
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Labor Relations Radio E146—ABC's Ben Brubeck Explains Biden's New Union-Friendly Executive Order
Last Friday, the Biden-Harris administration—“the most pro-union administration in American history”—issued an
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Labor Relations Radio E145: Did you know that 95% of unionized employees NEVER VOTED to unionize? I4AW's Vinnie Vernuccio explains.
A new study looks at the number of unionized employees, as opposed to employees who actually voted to unionize.Did you know that more than 95 percent of unionized private-sector employees have never voted to be unioni...
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