Episode Summary: With the World Economic Forum (WEF) predicting that 23% of today’s jobs will be replaced or become obsolete over the next five years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is coming faster than most people realize. In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Jon Morrow—a free-market economist who has consulted with a variety of organizations, including the Council on Foreign Relations , the Trilateral Commission , the Economic Innovation Group and others—joins host Peter List to discuss ho...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast “ There’s another side to the story that people need to hear. ” — ‘Kiki,’ a Trader Joe’s employee in Brooklyn, New York Episode Summary: Following the Labor Relation Radio episode in June, featuring Trader Joe’s employees Michael Alcorn and Les Stratford, ‘Kiki’ (an employee of Trader Joe’s in Brooklyn, New York) explains how she may have “started the ball rolling” with the union, then saw the union’s tactics—including racially segregating employees, attacking good managers, and attempting hacki...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode Summary: Frank Ricci, a Fellow for Labor Policy and Special Initiatives at the Yankee Institute , and Keith Williams, Vice President at the Center for Independent Employees join host Peter List to discuss the Democratic Socialists of America’s involvement in union salting and their recent article ‘ Big Labor Is Getting an Assist From Far-Left Activists . ’ Related: * Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 66—The Center for Independent Employees' Keith Williams * Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 20—A Prime...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode Summary: Returning guest Jon Hyman , a director with the law firm Wickens Herzer Panza , joins host Peter List to discuss the potential existential impact of Artificial Intelligence on jobs and society. “AI not only has the potential to impact any creative professional (actors, writers, artists, journalists, musicians, and the like), but also any professional (lawyers, for example) or even any worker. It’s not far fetched to imagine a near future in which AI programs robots to run a fact...
Jul 29, 2023•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast ‘We need a revolution in education.’ Episode Summary: On the heels of National Education Association’s president Becky Pringle’s “ Hitlerian performance ” at NEA’s Orlando conference, Terra Firma ’s Paul Rossi discusses some of the issues in today’s education system—both in public schools and private schools. ‘…Not a lot of parents care about the quality of the education that their children are getting…it’s an ugly truth.’—Paul Rossi Paul Rossi’s Bio : Paul is a veteran mathematics and philosoph...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode Summary: With the “ Summer of Strikes ” now upon us, Mark Keenan (bio here ), a partner with the law firm Barnes & Thornburg joins host Peter List to have a broad conversation about the different types of labor disputes (e.g., strikes and lockouts), as well as contingency planning. “A union’s bargaining power depends on three main elements: the right to strike, the ability to strike effectively, and the Company’s ability to withstand a strike.” — Source: Page 1, Teamsters Strike Manual F...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode Summary: Nearly a year after the first Trader Joe’s store in the nation became unionized in Hadley, Massachusetts, two Trader Joe’s employees, Michael Alcorn and Les Stratford, share the details of the union’s deceptive tactics before the NLRB election, as well as what’s happened since, and the ongoing lack of union transparency. Related: * Trader Joe's union is not what we bargained for * Bloomberg Law: Time It Takes To N...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode Summary: The Illinois Policy Institute ’s Senior Director of Labor Policy & Staff Attorney, Mailee Smith , joins host Peter List to discuss several of the challenges facing Illinois—from Chicago’s newly-elected mayor, to businesses leaving Chicago, to the heavy control Chicago’s Teachers Union (CTU) has on the city and, consequently, the state. Related: * Chicago Cops Demand Parental Leave After Mayor Gives It To Teachers ...
Jun 26, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode Summary: What is really happening inside America’s classrooms? Sarah, a public-school teacher from California who now teaches in the Southeast, shares her perspective on a variety of issues impacting today’s students in the post-pandemic classroom, from the impact of social media to the lack of parental involvement. If you are a public-school teacher and want to share what you are experiencing in today’s classroom, email u...
Jun 22, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues.. Episode Summary: While not entirely new, and whether it’s boycotts and negative publicity from the Right or the Left, the companies weighing into social issues are paying a heavier price than in years past. In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Reputation Partners ’ Founder and CEO Nick Kalm returns to discuss what happens when companies intentionally or unintentionally drive over the negative-publicity cliff when it comes to...
Jun 20, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode Summary: Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its long-awaited Atlanta Opera decision, which impacts independent contractors and the employers that utilize them. In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Jim Paretti , a labor attorney with the law firm Littler Mendelson joins host Peter List to discuss the decision’s background and what it means for employers as well as independent contractor...
Jun 15, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode summary: Should unions be driven by ideology or, as Samuel Gompers believed in, “pure and simple unionism?” Today, there is a ideological and political debate going on within America over the issue of ‘gender ideology’ in classrooms, and teachers’ unions—the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association—seem to be at the forefront of leading it. In this episode, Freedom Foundation ’s Policy and Res...
Jun 14, 2023•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode Summary: For labor relations, employee relations and HR practitioners, as well as union agents, David Pryzbylski , a partner with the law firm Barnes & Thornburg, LLP , is one of the best writers on labor law developments. As a regular contributor to Barnes & Thornburg’s labor law blog , David has built his practice helping companies secure favorable outcomes with labor issues around the country. He has extensive experienc...
Jun 08, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode Summary: With approximately 11,000 Hollywood writers entering their second month on strike (and actors, perhaps , soon to follow) over the key issue of artificial intelligence (AI), AI’s influence is likely to become a labor market disruptor as it continues to grow. In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Suzanne Lucas (aka ‘ Evil HR Lady ’) and Michael VanDerVort of the Labor Relations Institute join host Peter List to ...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode Summary: California Policy Center’s Lance Christensen returns to Labor Relations Radio to discuss the current state of the once-Golden State of California. During this wide-ranging episode, Lance shares with host Peter List facts and views about California’s legislature and its politics, the state’s economic malaise, the fleeing population, as well as how Artificial Intelligence (AI) may impact the state. About the Califor...
May 31, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Episode summary: In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Jon Morrow, a free-market economist who has consulted with a variety of organizations—including the Council on Foreign Relations , the Trilateral Commission , the Economic Innovation Group and others—discusses a wide variety of economic topics such as the falling birthrates, AI, the debt-financed economy, fiat currencies, as well as cultural and political obstacles to lowe...
May 15, 2023•2 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) has become one of the nation’s leading defenders of independent contractors’ right to earn a living. Recently, Representative Kiley chaired a subcommittee hearing to defend the rights of 60-70 million Americans who earn incomes as independent contractors. During that hearing, prior Labor Relations Radio guests Karen Andersen and Kim Kavin testified, as did the Mercatus Center’s Dr. Liya Palagashvili ...
May 11, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. When our nation’s military veterans are leaving military life, some find post-military life in a cubicle or on a factory or warehouse floor lacking the mission-driven, team-oriented life they were accustomed to. With a shortage of Americans entering the ranching industry, Bear Hug Cattle Company (BHCC) is a 501(c)(3) that provides vocational training to veterans pursuing a career in the industry. [Continued below.] BHCC’s 10-week ...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Economist Liya Palagashvili , Ph.D. is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University whose primary research interests include entrepreneurship, regulation, and the gig economy. For freelancers, flexibility is a right. For employees, flexibility is a privilege. — Liya Palagashvili, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center Dr. Palagashvili has published academic articles, book chapters, policy pape...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Kim Kavin, is a freelance writer and editor from New Jersey and co-founder of Fight For Freelancers USA returns to Labor Relations Radio to share her insights after testifying in Congress about President Biden’s “War on Independent Contractors” During the hearing, Ms. Kavin testified about the need to protect independent contractors across the United States from proposed restrictions on the choice of self-employment. She warned ab...
Apr 25, 2023•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. As a returning guest to Labor Relations Radio, Karen Anderson is a California-based freelance writers and founder of Freelancers Against AB5 , a facebook group with more than 18,000 freelancers. As a leader in the fight against AB5 and its ‘ ABC Test, ’ Ms. Anderson has catalogued the devastation California’s law has had on hundreds of professions harmed by AB5 . Recently, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ‘ scathing rebuk...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of LaborUnionNews.com's Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) is a massive rewrite of American labor law that, if signed into law, would fundamentally transform and potentially derail the overall American economy and effectively destroy the franchise model, as well as gig economy. In light of this—or, perhaps, because of this—its proponents have not (or will not or cannot ) put a cost to its impact. In fact, according to...
Apr 04, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of LaborUnionNews.com's Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Last week, the governor of Michigan officially signed a repeal of the state’s 10-year old Right-to-Work law. “With the stroke of her pen, Whitmer made Michigan the first state in nearly 60 years to abandon the policy opposed by labor advocates,” reported the Detroit Free Press . Despite a majority of Michiganders supporting Right-to-Work, with its repeal, unionized workers in Michigan will, once again, be requ...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Since 2001, the Center for Independent Employees (CEI) has been “protecting employee freedom from union interference in the workplace.” As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, CEI’s clients are employees— not employers—who are either unionized or not. Specifically, according to its website, “CIE provides legal guidance and support to employees who wish to eliminate unions from their workplace, eradicate “must pay dues” clauses from union contracts, oppose initial union certification efforts, counteract workp...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Last week, on March 16th, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan against the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (aka ‘ The Memo Writer ’). At issue, according to a report by The Center Square , was a public memorandum announcing that she would “urge the Board to correct its longstanding precedent that allowed business owners to speak to their employees abo...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, returning guest Phil Wilson, President and General Counsel of Labor Relations Institute , joins host Peter List to have a wide-ranging discussion on current actions being taken by the NLRB’s General Counsel, as well current organizing trends. Phil Wilson is an author, as well as national expert on labor relations and creating positive workplaces. He is regularly featured in the business me...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo wants employers, during union organizing campaigns, to fully explain employees’ Section 9(a) rights under the National Labor Relations Act to include explaining unionized employees’ right to present their own grievances or, if they don’t, employers could face unfair labor practice charges or election objections. Specifically, Abruzzo wants employers discussing ‘exclusive representation’ to inc...
Mar 13, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. In this second episode of Labor Relations Radio’s ‘Between the Lines,’ the following top stories are discussed: * The UAW has a tentative agreement with Caterpillar—but, there’s more to the story * At the Supreme Court, AFT’s Randy Weingarten invokes faulty reasoning to claim student debt is ‘unfair’ * After Labor Secretary Marty Walsh joins the ‘one percent,’ President Biden nominates Julie Su—but she is not without controvery. *...
Mar 02, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. Patricia Garland’s ‘ 33 Ways Not To Screw Up HR ’ is one of the best books available for human resources professionals at every level . "HR seems to be devolving into specialties where very few people have the big picture anymore.” — Patricia Garland In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Patricia Garland —a seasoned human resources executive—shares her wisdom on a wide variety of topics, ranging the role of HR, employee advoca...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Share this episode of LaborUnionNews.com’s Labor Relations Radio with your colleagues. WHAT THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT: How employers communicate with employees during union organizing campaigns is under greater scrutiny than in years past. In addition to her desire to ban so-called “captive audience meetings” and consistent with her August 2021 Mandatory Submissions To Advice memo , National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, believes that it is “illegal for employers to ...
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