Labor unions cannot permanently raise wages, but they often raise all sorts of trouble and trample rights in their attempt to do so.

Although the results of the 2022 election are not yet fully in as of this writing, now that the Democratic Party has seemingly withstood the obliteration predicted for them by most prognosticators, it behooves us to ask what’s next on their agenda. Bernie Sanders is not officially a member of this party, but his views are a very good indication of where the Donkey is headed next.

If in the presence of Jeff Bezos, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) knows exactly what he would tell this wealthy entrepreneur.

“There’s nothing that I would say to him except, ‘You know what? We’re gonna take you on. You could either start responding to the needs of your workers, or we’re gonna fight you ruthlessly,’” Sanders said in a phone interview with Vanity Fair earlier this year.

And how is Bernie “gonna” fight them? By promoting labor unionism. It therefore makes sense for us to consider the basics of this institution.

First, can organized labor raise wages? Sure, for a while. The automobile unions did so. But look at the havoc in which they enmeshed Detroit, and the harm they perpetrated upon themselves. Manufacturing companies in this industry fled, resettling in Alabama and elsewhere in the anti-union south to get away from them.

It is one of the hoariest of economic findings that wages tend to reflect productivity. If the two deviate, market forces...

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