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Patel: Small business owners lose sleep over labor board decision

By Vinay Patel in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia’s small business owners are experiencing restless nights as control over their companies is threatened. The fault lies with an activist National Labor Relations Board, which invented new logic-defying criteria in its recent redefinition of the term “joint employer.” The NLRB’s Browning-Ferris…

Industry groups push to kill ruling that could make it easier for fast food workers to unionize

By Catherine Ho A wide swath of business groups is pressuring Congress to use a must-pass spending bill to block a recent victory for the labor movement that could give unions more power to negotiate with McDonald’s and other corporations that use franchises or contract workers. The fight is bubbling…

Brad Sims: More harmful federal overreach coming

Small business is the backbone of the West Virginia economy. Gone are the days of large employers hiring thousands of workers. Today, smaller more-specialized companies are providing goods and services in the marketplace. This allows our country and our state to be competitive players in the world economy. The fact…