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Commentary, Labor Watch
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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Consequences of the PRO (Union Boss) Act
Why are workers worried about a bill that’s supposed to help them? It is because the PRO Act was written by the union bosses, not the workers. It would give…
by CRC Staff on July 7, 2021

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
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

Labor Watch
Right to Work Assailed in Missouri
Thanks to a Washington, D.C., firm, activists tied to the AFL-CIO, a major public employees union, have gathered nearly 300,000 signatures supporting a ballot measure that would delay Right to Work…
by Daniel Lauer on August 18, 2017

Labor Watch
Government Unions after Wisconsin
Summary: Unlike private-sector unions—which create an adversarial relationship between the labor union and the employer—public sector unions operate under a different dynamic. Indeed, public sector unions are in a unique…
by Michael Watson on July 25, 2017