Alexander Thomas MacDonald

The Accidental Success of the NLRA: How a Law about Unions Achieved Its Goals by Giving Us Fewer Unions

• Alexander Thomas MacDonald

In today’s politics, agreement is a rare beast. So it’s notable when it shows up. And...

Union membership is now political. So can the government still require people to associate with a union?

• Alexander Thomas MacDonald

The Webbs saw this coming. Writing in the late 19th century, Sidney and Beatrice Webb...

Minimum Salaries and the Evolving Workforce: Why the DOL’s New Automatic Salary Updates Clash With Legal Precedent and Economic Facts

• Alexander Thomas MacDonald

Overtime exemptions are about to get more expensive. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, most...

Noncompetes, Overtime, and the Status Quo: How Agency Rulemaking Distorts Federal Policy and Why Only Courts Can Fix It

• Alexander Thomas MacDonald

Last week was a busy one for the Biden administration. It issued a raft of...

Whither Expertise? The Decline and Fall of Nonpartisan Policy at the National Labor Relations Board

• Alexander Thomas MacDonald

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board decided Chemtrade West US LLC, a case about...

Fast Food, Minimum Wages, and the Pervasive Myth of Benevolent Unions: Why the Labor Movement Pushes for Stricter Labor Laws

• Alexander Thomas MacDonald

Starting this month, California’s fast-food workers will earn a minimum of $20 an hour. The...

The ACLU: Champion of Individual Arbitration?

• Alexander Thomas MacDonald

According to a spate of recent headlines, the ACLU has joined other private employers in...

Small Markets, Big Unions: Is the FTC Promoting Competition or Unions With Its Grocery Merger Complaint?

• Alexander Thomas MacDonald

Last week, the FTC sued to block a merger between Kroger Co. and Albertsons. The...