In the worst idea out of Chicago since, well, the band Chicago, unions in the Windy City are utterly determined to force big businesses to pack up and move to the suburbs.

They've been trying to punish Wal-Mart with a law passed by the City Council, But Mayor Daley has vetoed, and he made the veto stick yesterday. Still the unions won't back down. The Chicago Tribune weighs in with an editorial:

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.

There's talk of a citywide minimum wage that would be higher than the state and federal minimums.

Yes, let's give all companies that pay minimum wage a reason to flee the city.

Punishing productivity is the only thing the unions know how to do. Kudos to Wal-Mart for once again refusing to play ball with these thugs.

(HT: The New Editor)

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