The piece, which you can read here, argues that when we look at how much work the National Labor Relations Board had to do as part of the Starbucks unionization drive, we can only conclude that, absent labor law reform, any wave of mass unionization will end up choking in the bottleneck of the NLRB process.

Starting with one small shop in Buffalo, Starbucks workers have unionized 481 stores with more than 11,000 employees in less than three years. It’s a staggering demonstration of what can be accomplished when an aggressive union, an eager work force and a labor-friendly Democratic administration wind up in alignment.

But this best-case scenario also shows how American labor laws, and the bureaucracy they require, make mass unionization impossible unless rules for certifying unions and negotiating contracts are simplified and streamlined.