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Video: A Tough Year for Big Labor

Posted By Mike Brownfield On September 6, 2011 @ 3:30 pm In Enterprise and Free Markets | 6 Comments

It’s been a rough year for unions in America. Yesterday on PBS NewsHour [1], Heritage’s James Sherk explained why unions–both in the public and private sectors–are in so much trouble.

In a new paper [2], Sherk and Rea Hederman, Jr., explain how unions make businesses less competitive and discourage investment. In doing so, employment is significantly affected. Meanwhile, 14 million Americans are unemployed, and the economy is at a near standstill.

Read their paper, “Heritage Employment Report: This Labor Day, No New Jobs, High Unemployment,” at Heritage.org. [3]

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[1] PBS NewsHour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec11/labor_09-05.html

[2] new paper: http://blog.heritage.orghref=

[3] Read their paper, “Heritage Employment Report: This Labor Day, No New Jobs, High Unemployment,” at Heritage.org.: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/09/Heritage-Employment-Report-This-Labor-Day-No-New-Jobs-High-Unemployment

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