Who Is Big Labor, Anyway?
There are three persistent, widespread myths about union members. First, many believe that organized labor speaks for wage- and salary-earners as a class based on overwhelming membership. Second, many believe…
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Why Is Josh Hawley Bringing Obamanomics Back from the Grave?
Most of the time, Sen. Hawley is a strong voice for conservative policy, but in issuing his “pro-worker framework,” he has dug up the rotting corpse of one of President…
The SEIU and the Teamsters Changed to Lose
In 2005, Andy Stern and James P. Hoffa, the leaders of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), led their massive unions and five…
DOGE and the Department of Labor
In recent years the U.S. Department of Labor has routed millions of dollars under various grantmaking initiatives to nonprofits that would most accurately be characterized as left-wing activist groups. In…
Follow Trump 45 Labor Policy, Not the Teamsters Union
Following the election, I noted that President-elect Donald Trump did very little to pander to union bosses on policy substance. Trump’s Vice President-elect, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), gave a…
About the Three Working Classes
In August 2024, University of Pennsylvania professor and former member of the George W. Bush administration John J. DiIulio Jr. published an op-ed in National Review on the political trends…
History Lessons from the Port Strike
Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) that struck ports from the Gulf Coast to Maine, said that he would teach Americans “what a strike is,” employing extortionate…
Teachers Unions, Super PACs, and the 2024 Election
A super PAC, as they are commonly called, is short for super political action committee. It is technically not a political action committee but rather an independent expenditure-only committee that…
A Union-Only Key Bridge Rebuild Discriminates Against Local Workers
President Joe Biden's promise, supported by Gov. Wes Moore, to rebuild the Key Bridge with union labor will sideline nearly 90 percent of the local workforce, raising costs and delaying…
Port Strike Halts: Now What?
The port strike has ended with a tentative wage agreement and disputes over automation and fees punted to next year. The wage agreement was the easy part. On January 15,…