A Mandate for Labor Error: Statism from the Right
For almost 80 years, the conservative movement and the Republican Party that has served as its imperfect electoral vehicle have sought to advance three goals related to labor relations. But…
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A Mandate for Labor Error: Big Labor Radicalizes
As conservatives advanced their moderate aims in the post–New Deal era, Big Labor started radicalizing. As workers’ freedom not to join unions thrived under right-to-work laws led to stalled growth…
A Mandate for Labor Error: Strange Bedfellows
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A Mandate for Labor Error: Coming to Policy at Last
Project 2025 did not fully abandon the policies of the Taft-Hartley consensus. The document rejects the Biden administration–Big Labor approach to expanding union power and membership. But the worst proposal…
A Mandate for Labor Error: Conclusion
The Taft-Hartley consensus—making union membership voluntary, subjecting unions to government oversight, and protecting consumers and the economy from labor strife—worked. It apparently worked so well that conservatives forgot why they…
Meet Julie Su, the Would-Be Secretary of Forced Social Justice Unionism
Though it is not surprising that Biden, whose campaign was heavily backed by labor unions and who has vowed to empower the unions via policy, would choose to appoint a Labor secretary…
Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Teaching in Compton
Teachers unions are pushing to lower the academic and behavioral standards of America’s public school students, especially for minority children. Yet there is no need for these lax policies, as…
Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Behavior Standards
In July 2022, the National Education Association, America’s most prominent teacher’s union, issued a statement that among other things promoted “restorative justice” and the “elimination of inequities in student discipline…
Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Academic Standards
A similar disposition of low academic standards has become popular among left-wing progressive circles today and is promoted by teachers unions. Standardized tests are just one example, but a key…
Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Black Education Success Stories
The opposite view from that of the teachers unions is that these students need structure, discipline, and order. The success stories are often very similar: The school has a majority…