Labor

Airgas employees free from unwanted union bosses after Teamsters flee to avoid vote

Herrera and his coworkers tried again to get Teamsters union chiefs out of their workplace this summer by filing a “decertification petition” with the NLRB. Herrera’s petition, filed on August 30, contained signatures from enough of his coworkers to trigger an NLRB-supervised “decertification election,” a secret-ballot election after which union officials lose monopoly bargaining power if a majority of workers vote to remove them.

Taxation

Biden plots crippling new tax hikes on farmers and ranchers

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, urged the agriculture community to continue to push back on the Biden administration’s proposed tax increases on family farmers, ranchers and foresters and delivered a strong rebuke of Secretary Tom Vilsack’s recent opinion piece in a letter to editor published in the Wall Street Journal.

Health Care, Washington

Hassan endorses vax mandate just four weeks after opposing it

"As her state’s Governor and small businesses scramble to protect themselves against drastic government overreach, she is offering cover for President Biden and the far Left. Independence is important to Granite Staters, and big government liberals like Maggie Hassan have no business speaking for them in Washington."

Immigration, Washington

AFP applauds immigration plan with legal residency for US-based children of legal residents

Over 200,000 children and young adults are living in the United States as dependents of long-term non-immigrant visa holders (including H-1B, L-1, E-1, and E-2 workers). These individuals grow up in the United States, attend American schools, and graduate from American universities. Because they have maintained legal status, these individuals are not eligible for protection under DACA or the work authorization that comes with it.