[Steely Tom]

L A Times needs to write a think piece to explain this to their readers, most of whom are effectively brain-dead.

[nascarnation]

Sounds like Obamacare.
Waivers for the protected affiliates.

[Pearls Before Swine]

.. a proposal by labor leaders to exempt unionized workers from the city's new minimum wage.

Union interns? Or minimum wage for paid picketers?

[G Larry]

1- The mob wants the increased revenue from their members.

2- The mob does NOT want the expense of having to pay this increase to their employees.

[arthurus]

If nonunion employers have to pay an absurdly high minimum wage and union employers don’t it seems that some employers that can’t o automate will have to unionize.