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There Is No More Fat to Trim from Government Budgets

Posted on April 28, 2011 | Comments Off on There Is No More Fat to Trim from Government Budgets

Over the last five years, the DC Metro has spent $2.4 million on back pay… for work that was never performed.

Some may be surprised to find out that labor unions were involved.

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CEI Podcast for April 5, 2011: Reforming the Railway Labor Act

Posted on April 5, 2011 | Comments Off on CEI Podcast for April 5, 2011: Reforming the Railway Labor Act

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Russ Brown, a vice president at the Labor Relations Institute and a CEI Adjunct Analyst, talks about recent changes made to the Railway Labor Act that make it easier for airline workers to unionize. Brown recently co-authored a CEI OnPoint paper on the reforms. Congress voted against the changes in legislation, so they were passed via regulation instead. This is another example of regulation without representation.

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CEI Podcast for February 24, 2011: On, Wisconsin

Posted on February 24, 2011 | Comments Off on CEI Podcast for February 24, 2011: On, Wisconsin

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Vice President for Strategy Iain Murray discusses the labor reforms that have led to a thousands-strong sustained protest in Madison, Wisconsin. While the reforms themselves are relatively minor, both sides know that the stakes are high. This may prove to be at a watershed moment in the relationship between public sector unions and taxpayers.

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