I Have a Piece in the New York Times

It is about Starbucks and the NLRB.

Read the piece here.

Starting with one small shop in Buffalo, Starbucks workers have unionized 481 stores with more than 11,000 employees in less than three years. It’s a staggering demonstration of what can be accomplished when an aggressive union, an eager work force and a labor-friendly Democratic administration wind up in alignment.

But this best-case scenario also shows how American labor laws, and the bureaucracy they require, make mass unionization impossible unless rules for certifying unions and negotiating contracts are simplified and streamlined.