Biden Wants To Restrict Work and Flexibility for Freelancers
Most independent contractors don’t want the PRO Act anyway.
Labor Unions
A Possible Railroad Strike During the Holiday Season Would Risk $2 Billion Per Day
Four of the 12 unions representing workers on America's freight rail lines have voted to reject a new contract.
Teachers Unions Spent $22 Million Backing Massachusetts 'Millionaire's Tax'
The constitutional amendment is an attempt to undermine the state's flat income tax system.
This Professor Was Fired for Her Political Speech. Now, She's Getting Her Job Back.
Collin College fired Suzanne Jones in 2021, after she voiced support for union activity and the removal of Confederate monuments.
Illinois Voters Asked Whether To Give Government Unions Veto Power Over Laws They Don't Like
Amendment 1 would grant public workers collective bargaining power over just about anything that affects them, ignoring the will of voters and lawmakers.
Los Angeles City Council Scandal Highlights Ugly Influence of Big Labor
Having a city council secretly dominated by people with racist views is troubling, but having an entire political system controlled by one special interest group is also scandalous.
Union Group Tries To Bully L.A. Times Into Burying Racist Remarks
Plus: Copyright versus the internet, roofer helping rebuild hurricane-damaged Florida houses arrested for lack of Florida license, and more...
How Railroad Unions Almost Broke the Economy
The narrowly averted strike would have been an economic catastrophe. The story of how we reached the brink of that disaster is an illustrative one.
Seattle Public School Teachers on Strike, Since 6-Figure Pay Isn't Good Enough
After a whole year of COVID-related learning loss, kids are now losing out on even more instructional time thanks to Seattle's teachers union.
Biden Forgets That Workers Are Consumers Too
Who does he think ultimately pays those taxes?
California Bureaucrats Want to Take Over Your Local Fast Food Joint
Where have we heard before about government councils dictating terms to nominally private enterprise?
Despite the Media Hype, Unionization Is Down—and for Good Reason
Unionization helps some. But it hurts more.
Big Labor's Covert Plan To Kill Union Elections
Union partisans in the Biden administration want to bypass Congress and enact controversial labor policies by dusting off rejected 1940s-era legal theories.
Truckers Shut Down California Port Fighting for the Right To Be Their Own Bosses
The terrible consequences of A.B. 5 keep coming.
Biden Celebrates $90 Billion Bailout of Private Union Pension Plans
Plus: Don't cry for the failure of Homeland Security's disinformation board, states discover supply-side solutions to labor shortages, and more...
Modest Tax Relief Comes to California's Cannabis Growers
Unfortunately, so do more regulations and potential fines.
Biden Ignores His Own Role in Inflation
Stimulus checks, government spending, and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are only part of the problem.
Your Flight Is Delayed. Thank the Feds.
Congress has radically restricted the number of pilots without doing anything to increase safety.
Don't Expect Unions To Make a Comeback
Despite the recent win against Amazon and Joe Biden's full backing, Big Labor is fading because workers are making progress without unions.
The Big Labor President
After promising to be "the most pro-union president you've ever seen," Biden has broken with all recent Democratic predecessors by actually governing like he means it.
Two California Lawmakers Want To Mandate 32-Hour Workweeks
It’s great when innovations let us work less, but top-down, inflexible government demands are not the way to get there.
Biden Is Poised To Make Freight Trains Less Safe. You Can Thank Special Interests.
Once again, Washington is giving us every reason to believe it's selling favors to cronies even if it means everyone else loses.
The Biden Administration Is Ignoring How Its Policies Will Worsen Inflation. Again.
In the 1980s, the Reagan administration made changes to the Davis-Bacon Act to help control inflation. The Labor Department is planning to undo them.
San Francisco Passes Moratorium on Delivery Warehouses To Shake Down Amazon
City politicians and union activists have said the temporary ban on new delivery warehouses is meant to send a message that the company can't just open a new facility without first providing generous "community benefits."
The Great Resignation Shows What Empowered Workers Really Look Like
Unions or minimum wage laws aren't required for workers to shift the balance of power.
The American Medical Association Should Help Patients. Instead, It's Policing Language.
Protectionist policies are why the U.S. has few physicians and high prices.
Flight Attendant Unions Want Passengers To Wear Masks Forever
The unions' support for hygiene theater is of a piece with their support for security theater.
California Escalates Its War on the Marijuana Black Market
A new 2022 law will punish anybody “aiding and abetting” unlicensed dealers. It will most certainly harm low-level workers.
Biden's Regulatory Wish List Will Make Infrastructure Projects More Expensive
The 90-year-old Davis-Bacon Act artificially makes federal projects more expensive, and Biden seems to want to strengthen it.
NLRB Overturns Amazon Workers' Decision Not To Unionize, Orders New Election
If providing campaign buttons were grounds for disqualifying the results, would any election in modern American history be valid?
The Build Back Better Bill Will Give You $12,000 for Buying an Electric Car. Unless It's a Tesla.
Only vehicles made in unionized U.S. factories qualify for the full amount.
The Pope Who Helped Bring Down Communism
"I have no doubt," Polish President Lech Wałęsa once said, that without John Paul II "the birth of Solidarity would not have been possible."
Thousands of Federal Prisoners Aren't Getting Mandated Time Credits Because Prison Officials Won't Negotiate
COVID-19 has led to foot dragging in implementing some FIRST STEP Act reforms.
No, Joe Biden Can't Save Christmas
We've turned the presidency into an omnipotent office, and we expect that our gifts and government checks will be delivered on time.
California Voters Might Have a Chance To Ban Government Unions in 2022
One of two ballot measures already proposed for 2022 in California takes on some of the most powerful special interests in state politics.
Bernie Sanders Is Wrong About Denmark. Tucker Carlson Is Wrong About Hungary.
The two are idolizing the wrong models.
How Many Union Members Does It Take To Operate a Train?
Labor unions have been lobbying federal regulators to mandate that all freight trains operate with two-person crews in the cab. But automation renders this largely pointless.
Will Illinois Give Government Worker Unions a Constitutional Right To Overrule Laws They Don't Like?
Taking the "public" out of public service
California Judge Overturns Voter Initiative That Said Gig Workers Aren't Always Employees
Plus: You can't FOIA politicians' browser histories, Pentagon compels commercial airlines to evacuate Afghan refugees, and more...
With Free Guy, Hollywood Gives Us a Video Game Movie About the Thrills of, Uh, Labor Disputes
Ryan Reynolds stars as a video game character who discovers his whole life is a lie.
NLRB Recommends Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote Again on Whether To Unionize
In April, workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 2-to-1 not to unionize. Now they may be asked to recast their votes.
Police Reforms Make Progress Against Entrenched Opposition
Every time cops denounce reform efforts it is evidence of a win.
NLRB Rejects Complaint Against "Scabby the Rat"
Board precedent, First Amendment concerns and a fair assessment of the message communicated by a giant inflatable rat carried the day.
Unions Working Hard To Defeat Newsom Recall Effort
Newsom's subservience to the unions is the best reason to recall him.
The PRO Act Empowers Union Bosses, Not Workers
If workers were as eager to join unions as President Joe Biden seems to think, they wouldn't need a more powerful NLRB to encourage that outcome.
Randi Weingarten Is Very Disappointed That NYC Mayoral Candidate Kathryn Garcia Supports Charter Schools
Yes, that very same Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president who has fought to keep children out of the classroom for the last year.