We noted that the specter of the COVID-19 lockdowns hangs as a miasma most persistently over those areas of life most controlled by Big Labor. As it so often does,…
This week, the Supreme Court decided Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, a challenge by agricultural producers in California against a regulation under the state’s agricultural unionization law that compelled producers…
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s announcement that individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear masks in most public places, almost all jurisdictions that had…
Under “sectoral bargaining”—proposed by some “labor conservatives”—labor unions and industry associations would negotiate a contract for an entire industry covering union members and non-members alike. For writers like me, that…
Since day one of his presidency, President Joe Biden has done the bidding of the organized labor unions that supported his candidacy and stand to gain from his policies. Among the perks…
The tide of the school reopening wars must have turned because Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and leading advocate for school closures, has changed her…
Connecticut nursing home residents and their families—already reeling from the effects of the COVID pandemic—may lose their professional care staff for at least a time. The Service Employees International Union…
With the Biden administration and Democratic congressional majorities entering office with the backing of organized labor as a constituency they intend to reward and strengthen, supporters of employee freedom, American…
Independent contracting through internet applications (the “gig economy”) hurts Big Labor in two ways: First, the application platforms compete with old, Three Bigs–model unionized businesses. This is most visibly the…
For Big Labor, the closed shop debate is a simple one: They get more money from a closed shop than an open shop. Unions have battled state-level right-to-work laws with…