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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

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Union Forced-Dues Coercion in Practice
Big Labor support put the Biden administration and the Democratic Congress in power, so Big Labor expects them to deliver legislation on the lines of the Protecting the Right to…
by Michael Watson on February 19, 2021