I don’t know how many times I’ve seen liberal commentators look back with nostalgia to the days when a young man fresh out of high school or military service could get a well-paying job on an assembly line at a unionized auto factory that could carry him through to a...

When it comes to taxpayer-funded bailouts, it is an especially good idea to have connections in both parties.

Through Chrysler's proposed bankruptcy settlement, the Obama administration is seeking to transfer the property of one group to another group that is politically favored.

The deal between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation may well go down as the most important agreement in the long history of U.S. labor relations.

By combating Frederick Taylor's theories on worker efficiency, Unions have become their own worst enemy.

President Obama has kicked off a three-day bus tour of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois, where the corn is high and at least some factories are spewing smoke. He won these Midwestern states handily in 2008, but he's not taking anything for granted these days. To understand the political economy of the region, it helps to put it in historic perspective.

The General Motorsstrike did not last long enough for any Democratic presidential candidate to walk the picket line.

Taylorism begat the adversarial labor relations that now bedevil the Detroit automakers. Today, hostile labor politics are counterproductive for both firms and unionized employees.