Labor and employment roundup

High times at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service [Luke Rosiak, Examiner via Jim Harper, Cato]
6th Circuit: In ruling company’s suit against union to be unfair labor practice, NLRB breezed past First Amendment issues [NLRB v. Allied Mechanical Services, Terry Potter/Lexology]
“People look at me funny sometimes when I say the minimum wage law limits employee rights…” [Coyote]
“ENDA and the Seduction of Symbolic Gestures” [Mark Lee, Washington Blade] Employers look to solve practical questions [Michigan Employment Law Connection] I’m quoted on ENDA in numerous outlets [Al Jazeera, Sydney Morning Herald, Tim Carney/Washington Examiner, more] and will be joining Ray Dunaway at 8:50 a.m. on his WTIC Hartford radio show to discuss the issue. More: ENDA explainer [Brett Kalikow, On Labor]
If New Yorkers knew full cost of state’s scaffold law, would they demand it be fixed? [Bob Dorigo Jones]
Disability rights group ADAPT decries DoL rule on home attendant overtime [ADAPT, Daniel Schwartz, earlier here and here]
The Greek model of public sector employee tenure: “Nearly three years after he was convicted of murder [of the town’s mayor] and sentenced to life in prison, Savvas Saltouridis remains on the municipal payroll.” [WSJ]