Overview for labor

Great Leap Backwards

The head of a major union lauding a model where striking gets you shot? Lord I miss George Meaney and Lane Kirkland.

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Written by John Vecchione on Friday December 2, 2011

Austerity Comes to Britain

Dagenham is an industrial suburb east of London, hard-hit by the decline of manufacturing in the United Kingdom. It was the site of tonight's Question Time program on BBC, where I occupied a chair hoping that I wouldn't get asked too many questions about the British educational system. Question …

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Written by David Frum on Friday December 2, 2011

Res Judicata: Union Wages Hold Back Job Growth

The Department of Labor recently enacted a new rule requiring employers to post a notice advising employees of some of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. I say some, because the notice gives a one-sided presentation. Employees are told only what unions want them to know: they …

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Written by Howard Foster on Monday November 21, 2011

DC Fiddles While the Country Burns

Do you remember the howls that reverberated across the nation when Sarah Palin’s famous bullseye map appeared? Or the tut-tutting and headshaking that accompanied Michele Bachmann's  calls for Americans “to take our country back”? Look in the Washington Post local edition, the New York …

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Written by Steve Bell on Wednesday September 7, 2011