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EFCA UPDATE Contributors
F. Vincent Vernuccio - Editor
Vinnie@efcaupdate.org
F. Vincent Vernuccio is an attorney, labor consultant, and editor of EFCAUPDATE.org. He also is an adjunct analyst with the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Vernuccio served as an official in the United States Department of Labor where he was Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management under President George W. Bush.
He has had articles published by national newspapers such as the Washington Times, Washington Examiner, and Investor’s Business Daily. He has had several academic studies published by think tanks such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Capital Research Center. His work also appears in the McGraw-Hill textbook Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Management where he was called a “labor scholar and expert.”
He has appeared on the “Lars Larson Show” and on the international television news network Sky News. He is a frequent speaker on labor panels in Washington DC and across the country.
Read his most recent publications:
Published Studies
1. “Union Pensions in Crisis: The Hidden Danger to Workers, Employers, and U.S. Taxpayers,” Capital Research Center; November 2009
http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pubs.html?id=709
2. “Your Retirement or Our Political Agenda; How Politicized Investment Strategies Threaten Workers Pensions,” Competitive Enterprise Institute; September 30, 2009
http://cei.org/on-point/2009/09/30/your-retirement-or-our-political-agenda
3. “Issue 8: Should Employees be Allowed to Vote by Secret Ballot When Deciding Whether to Support Unionization in the Workplace : Card Check Double Standard,” Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Management 3rd ed.; McGraw Hill Higher Education 2010
http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0073527327.html
4. “A Primer on the Employee Free Choice Act’s Arbitration Provision,” Competitive Enterprise Institute; June 25, 2009
http://cei.org/on-point/2009/06/25/primer-employee-free-choice-acts-arbitration-provision
5. “Card Check Double Standard,” Competitive Enterprise Institute; March 24, 2009 http://cei.org/on-point/2009/03/24/card-check-double-standard
Published Articles and Editorials
1. With McElvein, Bruce, “Big Labor’s Big Disappointment” Big Government; March 12, 2010
http://biggovernment.com/vmariano/2010/03/12/big-labors-big-disappointment/
2. “Trumka: Well, I’m not done’” OpenMarkets.org; January 12, 2010
http://www.openmarket.org/2010/01/12/trumka-“well-im-not-done”/
3. With Lott, Jeremy, “More Cowbell” The American Spectator; November 29, 2009
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/11/24/more-cowbell
4. With McElvein, Bruce, “UAW’s Shell Game” The American Spectator; November 19, 2009
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/11/19/the-uaws-benefits-shell-game
5. “Labor Day at the Federalist Society” Competitive Enterprise Institute: Open Markets; November 16, 2009
http://www.openmarket.org/2009/11/16/labors-day-at-the-federalist-society/
6. With Osorio, Ivan, “Memo to Spitzer: It’s Not Your Money,” Investors Business Daily; October 21, 2009
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=509780
7. With Lott, Jeremy, “Pomeroy’s Lucre for Labor; Replenishing Pension Funds from Taxpayer Pockets,” The Washington Times; October 7, 2009
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/07/pomeroys-lucre-for-labor/
8. With Osorio, Ivan, “Big Labor’s Benefits,” The American Spectator; September 4, 2009 http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/04/big-labors-benefits2
9. “Government Forced-Contracts are Card Check’s real threat,” The Washington Examiner; June 30,2009
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/Government-forced-contracts-are-Card-Check_s-real-threat-7905737-49532997.html
10. “SOS Ballot and Interview with Ernest Istook,” Capital Research Center; June 2009
http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pubs.html?id=694
11. “Time for a Raise,” The American Spectator; June 22, 2009
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/06/22/time-for-a-raise
12. “Back from the Dead,” The American Spectator; April 29, 2009 http://spectator.org/archives/2009/04/29/back-from-the-dead
13. “Obama Sells Out Union Workers,” The American Spectator; April 27, 2009 http://spectator.org/archives/2009/04/27/obama-sells-out-union-workers
14. With Smith, Loren, “Card Check May Go Down In Defeat But Keep Your Eye on Harry Reid,” Fox News: Fox Forum; March 9, 2009 http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/03/09/smith_card_check/
15. “VERNUCCIO: When Mexicans have more rights than U.S.,” Washington Times; February 13, 2009
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/13/when-mexicans-have-more-rights-than-us/
Media & Think Tank Appearances
1. “USA Job Crisis” Sky News Television Italy, International Television; November 2009
2. “Big Government, Big Labor and a Smaller Economy Panel,” Center For Strategic Tax Reform & Cost Recovery Action Group & Heritage Foundation Joint Seminar; Washington, DC; October 20, 2009
3. “Forced Unionization: Card Check, Mandatory Arbitration, & Right to Work Panel,” Americans for Prosperity Right Online Conference; Pittsburg, PA; August 14, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYJM47jtnXs
4. Capital Research Center Labor Summit; Washington, DC; March 24, 2009
5. The Lars Larson Show; National Radio; March 10, 2009
http://www.larslarson.com/show;jsessionid=4220E8F12841768E242CE093D81D34DC?action=viewRadioShow&showID=825
6. “Election Night Coverage” Sky News Television Italy, International Television; November 4, 2008
Citations
1. Mooney, Kevin “Checking In,” The American Spectator; January 8, 2010
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/01/08/checking-in/1
2. Horowitz, Carl “Union Pension Bailout Bill Would Burden Employers and Taxpayers” National Legal and Policy Center; November 12, 2009
http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2009/11/12/union-pension-bailout-bill-would-burden-employers-and-taxpayers
3. Antle III, W. James “High-Stakes Board Games: What Obama’s NLRB Might Do for Big Labor,” Capital Research Center; October 2009
http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/v1254950592.pdf
4. Vadum, Matthew “ACORN’s Pension Shell Game,” The American Spectator; October 7, 2009
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/10/07/acorns-pension-shell-games
5. “Labor Bosses Still Expecting Bailout,” National Right to Work Blog; September 16, 2009
http://www.nrtwc.org/blog/archives/1955
6. Horowitz, Carl, “Employee Free Choice Act Is Coercive Even Without Card Check,” National Legal and Policy Center Blog; July 22, 2009
http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2009/07/22/employee-free-choice-act-coercive-even-without-card-check
7. “They’re From the Government, And They’re Here To Help (Set Your Contract Terms,)” The Truth About the Employee Free Choice Act.com; July 13, 2009
http://thetruthaboutefca.com/tag/binding-arbitration/page/2/
8. “Card Check’s Dirty Little Secret,” NewsMax.com; July 12, 2009
http://www.newsmax.com/insider_report/GOP_Lures_6_Democrats/2009/07/12/234665.html
9. Osorio, Ivan, “Farewell to Union Transparency,” OpenMarket.org; April 27, 2009
http://www.openmarket.org/2009/04/27/farewell-union-transparency/
10. Murdock, Deroy, ”Secret Ballots for Me, But Not for Thee,” National Review Online; March 20, 2009
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTFlMDEzNjkzMjc0MjMzNTk1ZTQ4OTljYTk3ZTg4NmI=
11. Murdock, Deroy, “Card Check Undermines Free Choice,” The Orange County Register; March 20, 2009
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/secret-labor-union-2340602-ballots-workers
12. “Card Check could also mean wage and price controls,” The Washington Examiner; March 10, 2009
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Card-Check--41047722.html
13. Osorio, Ivan, “Buffett Opposes Card Check, but Don’t Forget Binding Arbitration,” OpenMarket.org; March 9, 2009
http://www.openmarket.org/2009/03/09/buffett-opposes-card-check-but-dont-forget-binding-arbitration/
14. “Mexico's Supreme Court and the Superiority of Secret Ballots,” EFCAReport.com; February 12, 2009
http://www.efcareport.com/articles/legal-challenges/
Mark Nugent - Managing Editor
Mark Nugent, Managing Editor of EFCA UPDATE, is an attorney and Web designer living in Arlington, Virginia.
Jeanne Hoffman