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Union Promises: If They’re Too Good to Be True, They Probably Are
In late March, when the outbreak of pandemic novel coronavirus first started whacking the American economy and public, the Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU UHW-West) made…
by Michael Watson on May 6, 2020

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Is It Time to Repeal the Jones Act?
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, repealing the Jones Act could save Puerto Rico tens of millions of dollars in its efforts to keep the island’s 3.2 million residents…
by Jonathan Gonzalez on May 1, 2020

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Big Labor’s Employer Gag Order
Ben Domenech, a right-of-center political commentator and publisher of The Federalist, thought he was having some clean fun when, in response to Vox Media taking steps to counter a union…
by Michael Watson on April 29, 2020

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The Impact on “Gig Workers”
CRC’s Michael Watson was interviewed on KFAB's Morning News with Gary Sadlemyer talks about House Democrats push to nationalize California’s war on gig workers.
by Michael Watson on April 28, 2020

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Democrats’ War on Gig Workers
Democrats appear to be using the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to push their pro-union agenda by ramping up calls for gig workers to be classified as employees instead of…
by Michael Watson on April 20, 2020

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There Is No Prudential Conservative Case for Big Labor
Continuing an ongoing series of rebutting conservative-to-libertarian commentators taking a naïve view of the realities of contemporary labor unionism, we now consider the arguments of another such commentator, James R.
by Michael Watson on April 14, 2020

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Firefighters Union Allegations Show Need for New Labor Reports
The allegations are startling: Edward Kelly, the secretary-treasurer and number-two man in the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), is accusing union president Harold Schaitberger of improperly taking over $1…
by Michael Watson on April 6, 2020

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Coronavirus Package Held Up over Favors to Federal Worker Unions
Congress has been trying to pass legislation to provide relief to businesses and individuals forced to not work by the response to the pandemic of novel coronavirus. Yet some members…
by Michael Watson on March 24, 2020

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Adult Entertainers of the World, Unite!
The right-wing internet has been embroiled in so-called “porn wars,” with populists and social conservatives denouncing classical liberals for insufficient zeal in opposing pornography and demanding the feds ban smut.
by Michael Watson on March 12, 2020

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A Fatally Flawed Strategy
Summary: A group of conservative and other right-leaning writers has proposed an audacious strategy to counter the influence of left-progressive social policy enacted through corporate boardrooms and business decision-making. They…
by Michael Watson on March 11, 2020