organized labor
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That raises another potential impediment for state lawmakers hoping to goose the factory-built model: organized labor.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
Prior to that, he covered coal mining, organized labor, the civil and criminal investigations into Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine disaster and the trials of Jerry Sandusky and Bill Cosby.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
In 2020 American Compass defended organized labor as a means for combating big government, writing: “We prefer the private ordering of bargains between workers and management to overbearing dictates from Washington.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
L.A. was now engaged in the movement of the moment: rising organized labor and civil rights versus government and private industry joining forces to suppress them.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025
Burnham claimed the agreement was a victory for the exposition, but in fact the fair’s concessions were a breakthrough for organized labor, and the resulting contracts became models for other unions to emulate.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
