Antitrust Chronicle^® – Labor Markets

Dear Readers,

This edition of the Antitrust Chronicle^® looks at the interaction between antitrust rules and labor markets.

Competition and labor rules are not obvious bedfellows. Labor regulation concerns, in its essence, collective bargaining with a view to enhance workers’ economic outcomes. By contrast, competition rules encourage rivalry with a view to enhancing consumer welfare through dynamic processes.

Despite this difference in their underlying principles, the application of competiti