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President of Teachers Union Tries to Rewrite History . . . and Fails
A group of education experts testified to the House Committee on Education this year, stating that the school closures during the COVID pandemic were the “biggest domestic policy failure of…
by Kali Fontanilla on January 12, 2024

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Unions’ Anti-Israel Posturing Exposes the Illusion of a Right-Labor Alliance
Aided by a tight labor market, Big Labor is having something of a moment. Even the young guns of the self-appointed “New Right” are getting in on the action. But…
by Michael Watson on January 2, 2024

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BEST OF 2023: In Defense of Taft-Hartley
In 1947, organized labor reaped the whirlwind from the massive disruptions it inflicted on the American economy in 1945–46. The Labor Management Relations Act, better known as the “Taft-Hartley Act”…
by Michael Watson on December 29, 2023

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BEST OF 2023: Creation of the Labor-Progressive Alliance
The ties that bind organized labor to the left-of-center infrastructure, the Democratic Party, and the modern expansionist administrative state date predate the Wagner Act of 1935. While early labor movements…
by Michael Watson on December 29, 2023

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The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: The Conservative Response
The period of organized labor’s ascendancy and consolidation after the Great Depression began to slow on November 5, 1946. Big Labor faced increasing headwinds as the Depression era retreated and…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

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The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: The State of Big Labor, 1950
As the 20th century hit its midpoint, organized labor was both near its absolute height and riven by the issues that would start its long decline. At the forefront was…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

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The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: Labor’s Compromised Right
Moderate Republicans seeking to appeal to organized labor despite the faction’s nearly nine-decade-long clear loyalty to the Democrats are as old as labor’s partisan divide. Modern moderates have focused on…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

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The Era of Labor Reform and Unionism’s Height: Responding to the Rackets
By 1959, the McClellan Committee investigations and public hearings had exposed enough misbehavior by labor union officials (most of which was in the Teamsters Union) that a bipartisan consensus had…
by Michael Watson on November 29, 2023

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New Jersey Schools’ Segregation Problem
The New Jersey Education Association often boasting that New Jersey has the nation's number one public educational system. This is somewhat true. New Jersey is currently the third-best state in…
by Kali Fontanilla on November 20, 2023

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Lessons from Hollywood’s Labor Strife
In September, the Writers Guild of America-West (WGA) ended its strike against the Hollywood studios; in early November, the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA reached its deal with the studios. The Hollywood…
by Michael Watson on November 13, 2023