Young Americans for Liberty protested unions last weekend at California State University Fresno (CSUF) by constructing "union" and “right to work” hot dog stands at the school’s annual fair.

Inside the “unionized hot dog stand” conservative student-actors played the parts of employees who refused to work efficiently.

While one “unionized” actor took orders, another placed hot dogs on buns, and yet two others distributed condiment packets. The "union workers” constantly went on “strike” and raised prices to cover their slow business.

Actors playing employees in the “right to work” booth, meanwhile, did brisk business, selling more than 1,000 actual hot dogs to fair attendees for $2 each.

Organizer of the event, Andrew McMillan, who is the CSUF Young Americans for Liberty president-elect, said some of the fair attendees were so shocked by the “unionized worker's" dismal performance that they actually paid up to $25 for a poorly assembled hot dog.

McMillan said he believes this is a form of "forced unionization" and is actually driving people out of the state of California.

“We believe people are voting with their feet and going places where they can keep the most money in their own pockets,” he said.

The following was also featured at the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy.

The Marketplace Fairness Act was recently approved in the U.S. Senate. It now faces a tougher road ahead in the House.

Among other things, the Marketplace Fairness Act seeks to "level the competitive playing field" by allowing states to collect sales tax on all online sales. Presently, only businesses with a nexus (i.e., physical presence) in a state are subject to online sales taxation. If passed, the bill would change that. No new taxes would be implemented, but existing taxes would be assessed in additional ways.

While many business owners and anti-tax activists wholly reject the proposal, others support it. Among the supporters is Alan Rudnick, owner of Rudnick Jewelers in Sheboygan, who said in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "We start out automatically at a 5% disadvantage, and we just would like a level playing field."

Congressman Paul Ryan also supports the Marketplace Fairness Act. "To me, I think the concept is right," Ryan said. "It's only fair that the local brick-and-mortar retailer be treated the same as the big-box online sales company out of state."

On the contrary, the act is antithetical to the free market principles Ryan professes to uphold.

The free market rewards innovators — those who invent new things, optimize efficiency, elevate quality, and reduce cost, including by deft avoidance of state influence. It was the respite from Leviathan that contributed to the growth and profitably of online retail; its tax-free nature allowed the fledgling industry to emerge from the ashes of the dot-com bubble.

The event Young Americans for Liberty at Florida International University planned for our Miami campus began with a Facebook event page to raise awareness.

On this page, we asked people to share ideas and coordinate plans for our much anticipated and large two-day event on the campus. We had to jump through a lot of bureaucratic hurdles laid by the administration involving noise restrictions and “free-speech zones.” Once we got past those annoyances it was straight to work and planning a Generation of War event.

We used costumes and props such as shackles, ball and chains, masks of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, an Uncle Sam outfit, Guantanamo Bay orange jumpsuits, spray paint, poster boards, a megaphone,  and more.

We reached out to the media and our event was covered by a total of three local sources: The Miami New Times newspaper, Fox News local channel 7 WSVN, and the university’s newspaper.

I was contacted by CNN en Español, an international television channel, about appearing on their show “Oppenheimer Presenta” to talk about drones and our antiwar activism.  Juan Carlos Hidalgo of the Cato institute also appeared on this show, and I sent the former President of our chapter, Reynaldo Machado in my place. Watch the video here!

It was a great year for the liberty movement on the campus of the University of Dayton. We are far more organized than we were at this point last year, and we are becoming better known among the student body thanks to our presence at tabling events Generation of War, which garnered much interest and ignited several lively discussions on the issue.

As this year closes, it brings a stark reminder that our journey is not over here at UD. For YAL to continue to have an impact on this campus for years after we leave, we have to be ready to be out there as much as possible tabling and raising awareness about liberty and issues that hit close to home with our fellow students, like the ongoing wars and internet freedom.

As we rest over the summer and a new class of Flyers comes to campus, we must keep strong and true to our message and remember that most of them are already libertarians —they just don't know it yet.