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."
Unions or minimum wage laws aren't required for workers to shift the balance of power.
Protectionist policies are why the U.S. has few physicians and high prices.
The unions' support for hygiene theater is of a piece with their support for security theater.
A new 2022 law will punish anybody “aiding and abetting” unlicensed dealers. It will most certainly harm low-level workers.
The 90-year-old Davis-Bacon Act artificially makes federal projects more expensive, and Biden seems to want to strengthen it.
If providing campaign buttons were grounds for disqualifying the results, would any election in modern American history be valid?
Only vehicles made in unionized U.S. factories qualify for the full amount.
"I have no doubt," Polish President Lech Wałęsa once said, that without John Paul II "the birth of Solidarity would not have been possible."
COVID-19 has led to foot dragging in implementing some FIRST STEP Act reforms.
We've turned the presidency into an omnipotent office, and we expect that our gifts and government checks will be delivered on time.
One of two ballot measures already proposed for 2022 in California takes on some of the most powerful special interests in state politics.
The two are idolizing the wrong models.
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.
Taking the "public" out of public service
Plus: You can't FOIA politicians' browser histories, Pentagon compels commercial airlines to evacuate Afghan refugees, and more...
Ryan Reynolds stars as a video game character who discovers his whole life is a lie.
In April, workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 2-to-1 not to unionize. Now they may be asked to recast their votes.
Every time cops denounce reform efforts it is evidence of a win.
Board precedent, First Amendment concerns and a fair assessment of the message communicated by a giant inflatable rat carried the day.
Newsom's subservience to the unions is the best reason to recall him.
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.
Yes, that very same Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president who has fought to keep children out of the classroom for the last year.
The president says fighting climate change is one of his primary goals. His legislation would do no such thing.
During the draft, they can't even endorse snacks that the league hasn't approved.
Destroying the ability of freelancers to make a living is union protectionism, not economic opportunity.
His administration is twisting history and federal law to claim the government must encourage collective bargaining.
Jacobin's Ben Burgis says yes, Soho Forum's Gene Epstein says no.
Jacobin's Ben Burgis and Soho Forum's Gene Epstein debate which system better promotes freedom, equality, and prosperity.
The pro-union left agrees with the MAGA right: If you can't beat 'em, claim they cheated.
Democrats never miss an opportunity to rail against big corporations. Yet they're eagerly subsidizing their big corporate friends.
It's a regulation-heavy Monday.
In his speech on Wednesday, the president called for the passage of the PRO Act, a grab bag of policies that labor unions have been pushing Congress to pass for years.
The Supreme Court will decide if the rule violates property rights.
The PRO Act would demolish the gig economy for the benefit of labor unions and would undermine right-to-work laws.
City-level requirements that grocery stores pay wage premiums during the pandemic could prompt layoffs, price hikes.
Pandering to maritime unions means higher costs and harsher lives for coastal minority populations.
California Democrats and their labor union allies are embracing anti-democratic principles to thwart the will of the people.
It will review a Ninth Circuit decision holding that there is no taking when the government forces property owners to grant union organizers temporary access to their property.
Americans are being forced to confront the downsides of powerful organized labor in an already miserable year.
Xavier Becerra conceals tax increases and reframes a gig economy proposition to hurt its chances.
As policy makers consider ways to reduce some of these shocking use-of-force incidents, they need to evaluate the role of unions in protecting overly aggressive officers.
Police unions exist to protect cops at the expense of the public.
Union leaders show very little interest in considering collective bargaining’s role in protecting bad cops.
The available evidence suggests that police unions are a major obstacle to holding rogue police officers accountable.
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