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  • Backgrounder posted June 19, 2012 by James Sherk, Ryan O'Donnell RAISE Act Lifts Pay Cap on Millions of American Workers

    Abstract: Federal law allows unions to impose wage restrictions on nearly 8 million American middle-class workers. Union contracts set both a wage floor and a wage ceiling—barring unionized employers from offering pay raises as reward for exceptional work without negotiating with the union. No matter how hard most union members work, they cannot earn higher wages than…

  • Commentary posted December 15, 2009 by Wes Dyck Like Your Health Plan? Too Bad

    There's a reason employers give their workers "benefits." From free parking to health insurance, the goal is to make employees happier. That way, they'll stay with the company and be more productive. Of course, the goal of any health plan is to provide the best possible care at the best possible price. Walking that line is difficult. Under current law it's at least…

  • WebMemo posted October 27, 2008 by Brian W. Walsh, Ryan O'Donnell Congress's Investigation into the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown: TheSo-Called Search for the Truth

    Although the subprime mortgage meltdown threatens to shatter the U.S. economy, Congress has thus far failed to conduct an honest bipartisan investigation into fundamental forces at the core of this crisis. Indeed, rather than focusing on the root causes that Congress is best positioned to investigate and understand--i.e., the effects of Congress's own policies and…

  • Commentary posted June 7, 2007 by Wes Dyck Bill from Wonderland: The employment-verification system won?t work.

    The amnesty provisions of the Senate immigration-reform bill have torched a firestorm of controversy. Overlooked amid all the sturm und drang is the chilling fact that the proposal's worksite-enforcement provisions would tremendously expand federal intrusion into the labor market. Title III of the bill would insert the feds into hiring decisions made by every U.S.…

  • WebMemo posted June 1, 2007 by Wes Dyck, William W. Beach, James Sherk The Senate's Workplace Immigration Enforcement Proposal: Too MuchFederal Meddling

    Mostly overlooked in the controversy over the Senate's immigration legislation is the massive expansion in the reach of the federal government's power over labor markets that is embedded in its worksite enforcement provisions. The legislation's third title calls for unleashing the IRS and immigration police on businesses and workers. These provisions would insert the…

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