Chicago Tribune spanks Chicago Federation of Labor on "big box"

Personally, I prefer to reference news articles instead of editorials, but this one in one of my local dailies, the Chicago Tribune, is too good to pass up. I touches on some of the same points I hit in my "big box" post from last night.

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Unfortunately, supporters of the big-box law won't stand down. "... We may have lost this battle with the mayor. It doesn't mean the war is over," warned Dennis Gannon, president of the Chicago Federation of Unemployment.

Sorry, we meant the Chicago Federation of Labor.

The losers have come up with even worse ideas. There's talk of forcing a higher minimum wage on all companies that have at least 1,000 employees.

Yes, let's single out the most successful companies and push them to the suburbs.

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