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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 administration has effectively shuttered the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, ended collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers,

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 Fight for Freelancers USA, and publisher of FreelanceBusting.com, returns to the podcast to discuss the latest happenings in the War on the Gig Economy. In this episode Kim

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 surrender control over working relations to legislative and administrative agents, they put their industrial liberty at the disposal of state agents. — Samuel Gompers, 1915

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 revenue, including taxing AI, to avoid mass societal disruption. In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Professor O’Brien joins host Peter List to discuss how fast AI is movi

A lot is going on in Washington, DC these days. In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Kristen Swearingen Vice President, Legislative & Political Affairs at the Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. and spokesperson for the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace joins host Peter List to discuss some of the issues, including the re-introduction of the PRO Act, Sen. Josh H

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 _______________ Republican politicians' efforts to 'realign' with unions may, in fact, actually hurt American workers and free choice. Mark Mix of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Founda

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, new nuclear power and desalinization plants, to the impacts of TikTok, Only Fans, and AI on our culture. ______________________ Labor Relatio

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 terminated the employment of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, which was widely expected. However, what was not expected was tha

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 development at the National Retail Federation. He is responsible for NRF’s policy agenda on labor, employment, immigration and health care. He manages NRF’s Emp

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 YGTBFKMNews.com’s Daily News, Edward Ring, the director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center, and Frank Ricci, a retired firefighter, battalion chief, and unio