I love this argument over at Labor Blog. Nathan Newman claims that unions raise wages and working conditions for all workers, even though they only represent 13% (less than 9% of the private sector, where competitive pressures...
Read More All the action on labor issues these days is with the agencies (the NLRB and the DOL). That is where a Kerry administration would have an immediate and important impact on unions. Within days of a Kerry inauguration you can say...
Read More The Machinists are threatening to leave the AFL-CIO if the reform movement accomplishes its goal of a New Unity Partnership. Tom Buffenbarger in a recent interview in Business Week Online. It’s part of a cover article on...
Read More This is a great take on the “problem” of cheap imports. I can see the Lou Dobbs report now… we have to do something about the cheap importation of Manna from Heaven (credit to Marginal Revolution for the heads...
Read More It’s good to run a Teamsters local in Chicago. Some of the highest paid union officials in the country run Teamsters locals in Chicago. These guys are paid more than Hoffa (reportedly).
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