Unions Are Part of the Problem, Not the Solution

From Fred Barnes at The Weekly Standard:

It is clear and simple; Unions spur unemployment. “High union wages that exceed the competitive market rate are likely to cause job losses in the unionized sector of the economy.” This is the clear conclusion of one of the country’s most admired economists. From 1970 to 1985, a state with average unionization had a rate of unemployment 1.2 percentage points higher than a state with no unions. This represented “about 60 percent of the increase in normal unemployment” in that period.   [Read More]