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		JumpCrisscross on Oct 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California ports among world’s least efficient, ra... > california labor laws aren't being explicitly and specifically written to favor the longshoremen's union--that would be regulatory capture Yes, they are. There should be different unions representing each port. The law won’t allow that, giving the ILWU a monopoly on legal port labor.

clairity on Oct 20, 2021 [–]

that isn't special to the ilwu, or labor in general. labor can organize as they see fit. that's a constitutionally recognized freedom, not a special privilege (aka regulatory capture).

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