Labor’s Launch Aborted
Last year was supposed to be the year that organized labor began its long march back to relevance, with massive organizing campaigns winning victories at the commanding heights of the…
PRO Act
The Legacy of “Mister Republican” Turns 75
Last week, one of the most impressive and consequential pieces of federal legislation of the 20th century passed its 75th anniversary: the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947, better known as…
Unions and Their Allies Threaten the Supply Chain
Anyone with a passing familiarity with current economic conditions is aware of supply chain problems, which are contributing to inflation and product shortages. These supply chain problems are largely not…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #212:
A New ERA: The Employee Rights Act
We’ve discussed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act on the show before—it’s a laundry list of bad ideas pushed by Big Labor and its allies in Congress that would…
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…
Unionization Falls as Left Wing Pushes More Coercion
Each year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates the number of union members and the proportion of American workers in labor unions. Most years, the data tell a…
Social Justice Unionism
If nothing else, the COVID-19 pandemic has repeatedly demonstrated that Big Labor remains a potent force in American culture and politics, even though its power has declined since the 1950s,…
Best of CRC Media Hits for September 2021
In outlets as diverse as the Washington Free Beacon, LifeSite, the Daily Signal, and RealClearEnergy, our original reporting on topics such as the left-wing funding of eco-conservatism and the union…
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…
The SEIU: Here We RICO Again
Earlier this year, the Freedom Foundation announced a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act lawsuit against SEIU Local 503, an SEIU affiliate in Oregon, for forging dues authorizations. Last…