National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Labor Watch
Trump’s labor agencies get to work for independent workers
Calming fears that appointing a pro-union Labor Secretary meant the Trump administration would side with Big Labor rather than American workers and businesses, the Department of Labor and National Labor…
by Michael Watson on March 11, 2026

Foundation Watch, Philanthropy
The “Foundation” that isn’t: The Century Foundation
A mostly forgotten lefty business tycoon created an NGO in 1922 to continue his progressive legacy. More than a century later and 88 years after his death, it still operates…
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2025

Labor Watch
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…
by Michael Watson on January 21, 2025

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
Creation of the Labor-Progressive Alliance: Industrialization and Labor Unionism
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 July 7, 2023

Labor Watch
Creation of the Labor-Progressive Alliance: Why Unions Came to Be
Labor organization before the Civil War was typically local, short term, and haphazard. Mass industrialization that took off following the end of the conflict drew millions out of farm work…
by Michael Watson on July 7, 2023