Labor political power RIP? (part III)
Yeah, what he said (Cafe Hayek comment on the Broder article, also questioning the wage statistics much more persuasively than I did below).
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 14, 2004 | Union Avoidance, Unionized Company
Yeah, what he said (Cafe Hayek comment on the Broder article, also questioning the wage statistics much more persuasively than I did below).
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 14, 2004 | Uncategorized
A 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 MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 13, 2004 | Corruption
Houston 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...
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 13, 2004 | News
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...
Read MorePosted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 10, 2004 | Unionized Company
Super article from David Broder on the weakness of the labor lobby. His statistics could use more than a little work (his source, EPI, is heavily funded by organized labor). The wage gap number is just plain wrong (this is a...
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