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Who, Exactly, Does New York City’s Delivery Protection Act Protect?
New York City has found an unlikely culprit for unsafe deliveries: the name on a driver’s paycheck. Its proposed cure would force Amazon to bring thousands of drivers in-house. The evidence that this would improve safety is thin. The implications for union organizing are anything but. Last month, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani formally ... Who, Exactly, Does New York City’s Delivery Protection Act Protect?
Cartels With Benefits: The Trouble With Extending Labor’s Antitrust Exemption
Antitrust law’s usual instruction to competitors who agree on price is admirably brief: Don’t. Labor law makes a deliberate exception for employees who bargain collectively. Advocates now want that exception to cover at least some independent contractors, including rideshare drivers, truck owner-operators, consultants, and other small-business owners. The proposal may sound like a tidy way ... Cartels With Benefits: The Trouble With Extending Labor’s Antitrust Exemption
Antitrust Applies to Unions as Well as to Employers
The Trump administration has signaled its interest in applying antitrust law to protect workers from harm. Business conduct that distorts competition in labor markets is, indeed, covered by the antitrust laws, and various labor-related antitrust-enforcement initiatives have been undertaken in recent years. In contrast, labor-union collective bargaining to improve wages and conditions of employment is ... Antitrust Applies to Unions as Well as to Employers
