This guy (God bless him – he’s 109) has been retired and receiving fully funded health insurance from GM for a decade longer than I’ve been alive. He’s one of over 240 GM retirees over 100! Couple of...
Read MoreYeah, what he said (Cafe Hayek comment on the Broder article, also questioning the wage statistics much more persuasively than I did below).
Read MoreA great blog post at Decembrist debates the question of whether there can be an effective progressive movement without a strong labor movement (assist from Nathan Newman at Labor Blog). I think Mark Schmitt’s point about...
Read MoreHouston Teamster leader permanently suspended for embezzlement. And a story about the nice parting gift negotiated courtesy of a Chicago Teamsters local for employees losing their jobs in a plant closing. As they say, who needs...
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The austrian-school libertarian in me believes business owners and employees should be free to negotiate whatever employment terms they wish (those terms preferably being settled up front). Maybe I need to re-think that position...
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