> civil labor usually has an advantage their private-sector counterparts don't: they elect their bosses. I don't understand this: All unions elect their own le

> civil labor usually has an advantage their private-sector counterparts don't: they elect their bosses. I don't understand this: All unions elect their own leaders, as far as I know. Public sector unions do not elect the heads of the departments where they work, if that's what you mean; the FOP doesn't choose the police chief. If you mean that union members also have votes in general elections, along with the rest of the public, that's true but their influence is limited (there are many other voters), the 'bosses' are a few steps over their heads (the mayor is elected, not the police chief), and finally, that's the point of democracy: Everyone should have influence, from union members to managers to even Repulicans and Democrats.