Amelia
Rookie
- Banned
- #81
In general, public unions are a conflict of interest. The employers, i.e., "we the people", are represented at the bargaining table by politicians who fear what will happen if they say 'no'. Politicians who seem not to care about how much of "we the people's" money they are giving away. They can always tax "we the people" more. Plus, the unions will pay them in many ways if they say "yes".
However, cops and firefighters - the people who risk their lives to serve - need the kind of protection unions provide, at least to protect them from politicians who would use them as scapegoats when risky situations have bad outcomes.
What about Prison guards? Mental Health/Mental Retardation workers? How about highway workers, who in the state of Pennsylvania...have a higher death rate than the State Police?
First question: Are the highway workers unionized now?