June 5, 2015 AM620 WTMJ Milwaukee [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Nick Novak, Director of Communications at The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, joined Charlie Sykes and Collin Roth on the Right Wisconsin Week in Review on 620AM WTMJ to discuss the newly proposed Bucks arena funding plan and the possibility of repealing Wisconsin’s prevailing wage[…]
June 2, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. “Without a doubt, it was a very big victory,” Maria Elena Durazo, a vice president at the hotel and restaurant union Unite Here, said last week of the Los Angeles City Council’s decision to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2020. Was it a victory[…]
April 28, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. It is no secret that the Midwest is at the heart of the labor reform movement in our country. First, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin signed comprehensive public-sector collective bargaining reform in 2011 – a move that has catapulted him to frontrunner status for the[…]
April 15, 2015 CBS58 – WDJT-TV Milwaukee [Milwaukee, Wisc…] They have their sights set on $15 an hour and say they won’t stop until they get it. We’re talking about hourly workers who rallied throughout the day across Milwaukee to have their voices heard. They say making $7.25 an hour is below poverty, and they want[…]
April 10, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. It’s one of the oldest stories in the book. A new technology is invented, businesses begin to implement that technology, and then big-government bureaucrats decide they need to regulate it. I’m sure the horse and buggy lobby was pretty upset when the first cars started to roll[…]
March 25, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. Earlier this week, the Affordable Care Act turned 5, and it has not been an easy road. Americans have been saddled with countless delays of key portions of the law, skyrocketing health care costs, complicated tax procedures, and don’t get me started on the Website.[…]