The Roadmap To Modernizing Federal Labor Laws

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," F. Vincent Vernuccio, president and co-founder of the Institute for the American Worker, joins Federalist Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to break down how the Employee Rights Act empowers individual workers over unions and analyze what the latest string of court decisions mean for Big Labor.

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0:00.0	And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:21.2	I'm Matt Kittle's senior senior elections correspondent at The Federalist and your experience
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0:37.3	Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast and, of course, to the premium version of our website as well.
0:43.8	Our guest today is Vincent Vernuccio, president of the Institute for the American Worker.
0:50.6	We discuss, among other things, the Employee Rights Act of 2025 legislation that seeks to modernize outdated federal labor laws to meet the needs of today's workers.
1:03.0	Its proponents say the bill is aimed at promoting growth, freedom, and innovation, while also ensuring our laws protect workers and guarantee unions are
1:13.2	acting in the best interest of union members. Vincent, thank you so much for joining us in this
1:19.1	edition of the Federalist Radio out. Hey, thank you for having me on. Appreciate it. Absolutely.
1:24.7	This is known also as the ERA. It has been taken up in committee.
1:33.4	Give us, if you will, a broader overview of what it hopes to do and where it stands in the process
1:39.7	right now. Sure. Well, big kudos to Congressman Rick Allen from Georgia for introducing this. He
1:47.0	just introduced it a couple weeks ago. The Employee Rights Act is quite simply the most
1:53.0	comprehensive pro-worker labor legislation of this Congress. It protects workers' right to a
2:00.7	secret ballot and union organizing elections. It protects workers' right to a secret ballot and union organizing elections.
2:03.3	It protects their privacy.
2:05.2	It gives them more say on how their money is spent on politics.
2:09.9	It protects independent contractors and small business owner's ability to own a franchise.
2:16.4	It does a bunch of other things but i i don't want to believe
2:19.2	to the point it um is simply one of the best pieces of labor legislation for workers out in
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