It was the first time since Congress passed the act in 1935 that the labor board would broadly require employers to post notices about employees' rights under the act.
Susan G. Larkin, the exhibition curator and a scholar of American art, argues in the catalog that by depicting people at work and the landscapes associated with work, these artists celebrated "the dignity of labor" and, more broadly, helped shape an American identity.
They spoke broadly of labor unions, organized crime's involvement with unions and Mr. Wunderle's role as a management negotiator, but they signaled no links to a solution.
Thus, labor market rewards are broadly similar across these groups.
Most of the labor scholars I spoke to — all broadly sympathetic to the union movement — said the decline of private-sector unions will continue.
But this prior, a more broadly based distinction between labor market regimes is pertinent for a number of reasons.
In the long run, the growth in labor productivity (output per hour worked) broadly coincides with TFP growth divided by the labor share (set at 0.65).
With the passage of time, however, many of the ideas expressed in "The Constitution of Liberty" have become broadly accepted by economists — e.g., that labor unions create a privileged labor sector at the expense of the nonunionized; that rent control reduces the supply of housing; or that agricultural subsidies lower the general welfare and create a bonanza for politicians.
To the Editor: Francis Fukuyama says, offhandedly, that many of Friedrich A. Hayek's ideas "have become broadly accepted by economists — e.g., that labor unions create a privileged labor sector at the expense of the nonunionized; that rent control reduces the supply of housing; or that agricultural subsidies lower the general welfare and create a bonanza for politicians".
With so much labor invested in performing this broad humor broadly (and competing with a subpar sound system), diminishing returns gradually set in as "Shlemiel the First" lopes along.
