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Contesting the PRO Act’s Coercive Vision
his month, Congressional Republicans, business groups, center-right policy organizations, and advocates for worker independence presented their alternative to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act’s coercive agenda: an expanded…
by Michael Watson on March 30, 2022

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Democrats Pack $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Bill with Payoffs to Big Labor
The core of the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled Congress’ legislative agenda is a $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill. While much attention has been paid both to the astronomical price tag, less…
by Michael Watson on October 6, 2021

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Supreme Court Limits Government’s Power to Aid Unions
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…
by Michael Watson on June 24, 2021

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Core Issues in Labor Policy: Every Job a Factory Job
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…
by Michael Watson on May 6, 2021

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Core Issues in Labor Policy: Independent Contracting
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…
by Michael Watson on May 6, 2021

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Core Issues in Labor Policy: Mandating the Closed Shop
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…
by Michael Watson on May 6, 2021

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Core Issues in Labor Policy: Social Justice Unionism
Big Labor’s institutional and alumni-network linkages with the rest of the Left propagate an ideology sometimes called “social justice unionism.” In social justice unionism, rather than focusing advocacy on members’…
by Michael Watson on May 6, 2021

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Lessons from Big Labor’s Latest Defeat
Despite all the hype, when Amazon workers had the opportunity to make their voices heard, they told Big Labor to take a hike. The scale of the thumping handed to…
by Michael Watson on April 22, 2021

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More Case Studies in Union Misconduct
We now have even more evidence of widespread, knowing malfeasance by Big Labor officials abusing their powers under existing law to compel workers to pay dues. The Freedom Foundation is…
by Michael Watson on April 13, 2021

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Indiana Carpenters’ Challenge to Unanimous Decertification Undermines “Free-Rider” Claims
The latest National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTWLDF) case update extremely curious. The foundation is a public interest law outfit that represents workers oppressed by unions that they…
by Michael Watson on March 9, 2021