Michigan Lawmakers Pass Right-to-Work Law
Violent protests erupt outside state Capitol.
Labor
Mich. Right-to-Work Protesters to Be Charged with Felonies
Eight accused by police of taking it too far and trying to push their way onto the Senate floor
American Airlines Pilots Agree to Contract
Company can now focus on getting out of bankruptcy
Michigan Governor Calls for Right-to-Work Bill's Passage
Those union efforts backfired magnificently
Ed Asner Doesn't Remember a Word He Narrated in Union Video, Asks To Piss on Fox News Producer
He sounds about as with it as the video was
Let's Open the Doors to Lots More Immigration
Immigrants are more likely to start a business, more likely to work, and less likely to commit crime.
LA, Long Beach Ports to Resume Operations After Strike
May have cost $8 billion in lost revenue
LA Port Striking Costing US $1 Billion a Day
Not to mention the thousands of people not getting paid
Clerical Strike at LA Ports Could Divert Freight Elsewhere
Retail trade group asks Obama in intervene
Are Conservatives Rethinking their Hostility to Criminal Justice Reform?
Tough-on-crime usually means tough-on-taxpayers.
Strike Shuts Down LA Port for Second Day
Because of 70 clerical workers who want job security
Clerical Workers Strike at LA Area Ports
Demand protection against outsourcing that isn't actually happening
Unionized Workers Turning on Unions
Some want out as labor unions lose leverage and descend into total cronyism
Walmart Workers Revolt! (Workers Decline to Participate)
The anti-Walmart movement battles to protect Americans from cheap groceries.
Were Those Reasonable Teamsters Really the Bad Guys in Hostess Fight?
Distribution rules a significant financial problem
NLRB Not Likely to Rule on Walmart Thanksgiving Squabble in Time
Company had accused organizers of illegal picketing
Union to Picket Outside LAX Airport
Except the workers they're allegedly picketing on behalf of voluntarily voted to leave the union
Who Killed Hostess?
Unions, management and the market all had their swings at the former snack giant
Wal-Mart Files Labor Charges Against Union
Accuses them of unlawful attempts to disrupt their business
Ikea Admits Having Used Forced Labor in the 1980s
They didn't want to try putting their stuff together either
Hostess Firing All Its Workers, Going Bankrupt After Union Refused to Compromise
The union's leaders, of course, will remain employed. Hope those dues were worth it!
Hostess to Liquidate if Strikers Don't Return to Work
Maybe Twinkies won't last forever after all
Why Michigan May Become a Right-to-Work State
The defeat of Proposal 2 in Michigan might have unleashed forces that the unions can't hold back.
Hostess Permanently Closes Three Bakeries Following Strike
Bet those wage cuts don't look so bad now
California's Deadly Embrace of Big Government
Golden State voters open the gates to an endless flood of tax increases.
Calif. Prop. to Restrict Campaign Donations, Union Deductions Defeated
If union members want to fight their leadership, they'll have to do it themselves
Thinly Disguised Measure to Restrict Political Freedom Fails, Better Disguised Measure to Restrict Sexual Freedom Passes
Proposition 32 loses, Proposition 35 wins.
The Politics of Price Gouging: It's OK for Unions, Gas Station Owners Not So Much
So it turns out that price gouging is OK in certain circumstances, even when disaster has struck.
Civic Duty Vies With Cynicism as the 2012 Election Approaches
H.L. Mencken said "every election is a sort of advanced auction in stolen goods." He was right.
