Labor
The Irrelevance of "Right-to-Work" Laws
The battle over labor laws makes for great theater, but for the most part, theater is all it is.
The Libertarian Case Against Right-to-Work Laws
An earlier generation of libertarians and classical liberals condemned so-called right-to-work laws.
NHL Considers Lawsuit as Players Mull Disbanding Union
Don't expect to see hockey anytime soon
Government Gone Bad
Central planners and liberal politicians are clueless about what really helps workers: a free economy.
Michigan Gov. Signs Right-to-Work Law
Just hours after passing through legislature and in the midst of union protests
Drunk, Stoned Auto Workers Handed Jobs Back
Despite being caught on video, arbitrator rules insufficient evidence
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
