Union Hijacking Of California continues: New California Laws to Limit Employment

The L.A. Times reports on new laws in California:

Democrats did push through bills opposed by business interests.

They passed a measure to prevent supermarkets from selling liquor at automated checkout machines, a cause pursued by unions representing grocery workers. And they sent to Brown a bill that would require superstores to demonstrate that if they opened new branches, the local economy, parks, playgrounds and day-care centers would not be harmed.

And labor was still the main beneficiary of Democrats' legislative clout. In addition to the child-care measure, the party muscled through other last-minute bills that would make it easier for farmworkers to organize and harder for cities to void union contracts through bankruptcy.

You might wonder a superstore is supposed to "predict" if their business hurts "the local economy, parks, playgrounds and day-care centers"? Too bad anti-trust law can't be used against legislatures who restrain trade.