Episode 837: Protecting the American Worker

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Newt’s guest is Vincent Vernuccio, president and co-founder of the Institute for the American Worker. They discuss the significant labor policy developments and legislative efforts aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in both public and private sectors. Their conversation covers the introduction of the Start Applying Labor Transparency (SALT) Act, which seeks to amend the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to ensure greater transparency in financial transactions between unions and labor consultants. Vernuccio also explains the implications of President Trump's executive action, Schedule F, which aims to make certain federal employees at-will to enhance accountability. They also discuss the challenges posed by public sector unions and the potential impact of Senator Josh Hawley's Faster Labor Contracts Act, which could impose arbitration on private sector union negotiations. Vernuccio emphasizes the need for modernizing union models to align with today's workforce demands for flexibility and merit-based advancement.

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0:30.1	In the fall of 1986, Ronald Reagan found himself at the center of a massive scandal
0:35.2	that looked like it might bring down his presidency.
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1:04.4	On this episode of Nuts World, in 2018, Vincent Vernuccio and Jennifer Butler created Institute for the American Worker
1:13.7	to better inform policymakers and stakeholders in Washington, D.C., about current developments and labor policy.
1:21.5	The Institute for the American Worker worked with Congressman Burgess Owens to introduce the start applying labor transparency or
1:29.0	Salt Act to amend the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, requiring greater
1:35.4	transparency in financial transactions between unions and labor consultants, closing loopholes
1:41.0	that have allowed backroom deals to thrive. Here to discuss the Salt Act.
1:45.0	I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Vincent Bernuccio.
1:49.0	He is the president and co-founder of Institute for the American Worker.
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