An MIT website asks “Why are long sentences evil?”, and we find the answer in the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

In a single string of 148 words, the 1935 law denies tens of millions of workers the legal right to a union. It excludes farm workers, domestic workers, supervisors, those employed by family members, workers covered by the Railway Labor Act and, finally, “any individual having the status of an independent contractor.” But when it comes to workers’ power to organize, the law isn’t the end of the story.