In today’s Wall Street Journal, University of Chicago law professor Richard Epstein argues that the so-called Employee Free Choice Act is unconstitutional. Read his strong arguments here.
If this blatantly authoritarian piece of special interest legislation should become law, Epstein shows several constitutional infirmities that make it open to legal challenge.
The irony is that this bill is pushed by people who say they’re the friends of “the workers.” Yet the more that labor unions (or any other institution) rely on political favors, the less they need to do to persuade people of their value.
If unions had remained free of politics ever since the 1930s, today they would no doubt be more useful in finding ways to help their members. What if the many millions that union officials spent on politics were instead used for programs that directly benefited the workers they represent?
