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by | Nov 2, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s no surprise that the union-allied Biden administration is using the federal Department of Labor to tip the scales on behalf of labor unions. I recently reported for The American Spectator on a new regulatory proposal that attempts to…

by | Aug 11, 2022

The staff of a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, walked out of their store on Wednesday after worker Sam Amato was fired on Aug. 5, a decision the workers believe was motivated by Amato’s push to unionize the Buffalo store….

by | Jul 21, 2022

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a normal state, policymakers who are facing a crisis (let alone myriad crises) would at least have the wisdom not to purposefully try to make things worse. Here in California, not so much. Gov. Gavin Newsom…

by | Sep 2, 2021

“Why haven’t they told you about Gene Debs and the ideas that he fought for?” a documentary produced by Bernie Sanders asked viewers in 1979. Debs fought to keep people with darker skin color from joining his union. Why did…

by | Aug 25, 2021

Sacramento The rule of thumb with progressives and California’s robust initiative, referendum, and recall process is that they’re in favor of giving the people the power to control their government — provided they vote the way progressives would like. When…

by | May 20, 2021

After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s announcement that individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear masks in most public places, almost all jurisdictions that had not already lifted laws or emergency orders requiring masks did…

by | May 20, 2021

If you’re a politician peddling big new government programs for which there is little need but hefty price tags, you need a clever marketing strategy. At the least, your sales pitch could use a decent soundbite. Such marketing is what…

by | Jun 3, 2020

Unions may have gotten a lot more than they bargained for when the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled against them in April. This spring, the West Virginia high court upheld the state’s right-to-work law. That part of the ruling was…

by | Apr 21, 2020

These days the Right and Left look at jurisprudence differently. They have different views of what judges are for and how they should perform their duties. Consider the question of how the Supreme Court should decide a constitutional question. Generally…

by | Dec 19, 2019

A gushing article in the liberal publication Vox declared in September that a new California law that outlaws the use of contractors in many industries, is “a victory for workers everywhere.” Assembly Bill 5 was not “just another progressive victory…

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