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“When people know what the score is, they play harder.” — Paul Centenari

More than 20 years ago, Atlas Container was the cover story of an Inc. magazine article entitled, The Power of Listening (registration required).
In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, host Peter List is joined by Paul Centenari, CEO of Atlas Container, a corrugated box manufacturer that practices Open Book Management (OBM).
In this episode, Paul shares his views on what makes OBM a successful way to manage a business, as well as some of the challenges.
Related: The Power of Listening—How does an old-line manufacturer in a stagnant industry manage to grow 25% a year for 10 years? By taking its employees seriously.
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David R. Osborne, Senior Fellow for Labor Policy with the Commonwealth Foundation, returns to Labor Relations Radio to discuss his new podcast, Disunion: The Government Union Report, government unions, as well as how unions are working around the Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus decision.
Read more about the Commonwealth Foundation here.
Listen to David’s podcast Disunion: Government Union Report:
On SpotifyOn YouTubeFor all prior episodes of Labor Relations Radio, go here.
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Parents having the audacity to ask what their kids are being taught is, apparently, a bad thing.

When Nicole Solas, a stay-at-home mom, was enrolling her child into kindergarten, she asked a few too many questions about what was going to be taught to her child.
The lack of answers, ultimately, led to public-records requests, which then turned into a lawsuit by the teachers’ union.
In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Ms. Solas joins host Peter List to discuss what led to the lawsuit against her, and the three-year saga that she has endured.
In addition to being a stay-at-home mon, Ms. Solas is a non-practicing attorney and Senior Fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. She has also appeared as a parent advocate on The Ingraham Angle, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Newsmax National Report, and National Review. Her favorite appearance was on the cover of the New York Post as a featured “domestic terrorist.” She is the 2021 winner of the Goldwater Institute Freedom Award for battling education bureaucrats. 

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According to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) press release, “during the first six months of Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1–March 31), union election petitions filed at NLRB field offices rose 35% over the same period in Fiscal Year 2023.”
In this episode, Labor Relations Institute’s Michael VanDervort joins host Peter List to discuss the union organizing trends, as well as some of the current labor relations topics of the day.
Related links:
The LRI Labor LibrariesLRI NewsletterFor all prior episodes of Labor Relations Radio, go here.


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On this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Congressman Burgess Owens (R-UT) discusses his recently-introduced bill, the Start Applying Labor Transparency (SALT) Act, legislation aimed at exposing “salting,” a common union organizing tactic where individuals are paid by labor unions to infiltrate companies to unionize employers from within.
Although this nefarious tactic—which relies on deceiving employers and, more importantly, employees—has been around for a long time, in recent years, union “salting” has become more prevalent at companies like Starbucks, Amazon and numerous other companies.
In addition to the SALT Act, Rep. Owens discusses the foundation he began before entering Congress, the Second Chance 4 Youth.
Second Chance 4 Youth is a Utah-based non-profit program with the aim to end the cycle of generational incarceration and lower the rates of recidivism. Learn more here.

Related:
Owens Leads Labor Union Transparency BillAbout Second Chance 4 YouthAnalysis: Workers United paid nearly $2.5 million to organizers, "salts" and activists at StarbucksLabor Relations Radio, Ep. 20—A Primer On How Union Salts and “Moles” Undermine Companies Like Amazon and OthersLabor Relations Radio, E116—Labor Attorney Marc Furman and Dealing With Union SaltsFor all prior episodes of Labor Relations Radio, go here.


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A pro-union writer does a hit piece about a not-so-secret secret...actually, the WORST-KEPT SECRET EVER!

Last week, Mike Elk, a pro-union writer, who owns a website called PayDay Report, did a hit piece on me entitled “Anti-UAW Union Buster Secretly Behind Hit Labor News Site.” Here is my response.
Perhaps, we owe you an explanation...Union Watchdog: UAW Leaders Bask In Puerto Rico As Members Get Laid OffCongress Should Investigate UAW's Neutrality Agreement & Works Council Scam At VWAfter Volkswagen Loss, UAW Bosses Turn To Bovine Excrement ManufacturingThe UAW At VW: A Desperate Old Dog Tries A Very Old (And Illegal) TrickA Lesson In U.S. Labor Law & How The UAW Is Lying Its Way Into The South With VW's HelpWhy Are VW's German Union Bosses Backtracking On Their Expansion Ultimatum Now?Anti-UAW Workers File NLRB Charges Over VW's Pro-Union CoercionWhy Doesn't The UAW Want A Secret-Ballot Election At VW?Anti-UAW Workers File NLRB Charges Over VW's Pro-Union CoercionDeutschland Meets Detroit: UAW partners with German union to launch all-out invasion of Mercedes & VW plants in U.S.For all prior episodes of Labor Relations Radio, go here.


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