Labor Unions
Baseball’s solution to the Dodgers isn’t a salary cap
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! If you're looking for work, I know of a few vacancies. (Just don't ask for too much money.) The baseball gods blessed us with amazing drama last week—but with the…
Will Utah’s law against public sector bargaining survive a public vote?
In 2011, then–Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made national headlines by signing Act 10 into law, dramatically curbing public sector unions collective bargaining power. Seven years later, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case…
Why is Josh Hawley empowering labor unions in New York and California?
When Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) clashed with a Boeing attorney at a committee hearing earlier this month, he was clearly picking sides in an ongoing fight between the company and thousands of striking workers at a Missouri…
The agony of defeat, not winning, is what makes sports exciting
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Don't be afraid to take on some extra work this week, it's important to have a side hustle or two (or four). It was not a good weekend for my favorite sports…
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