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A half century ago, the federal and state civil services weren't, I think, unionised, which means that politicians couldn't be bought by unions to give civil s
by zeveb 11y ago
A half century ago, the federal and state civil services weren't, I think, unionised, which means that politicians couldn't be bought by unions to give civil servants more benefits to increase union dues to buy more benefits to increase dues to buy more benefits.
- sdenton4 11y agoThe federal employee's union goes back to the thirties, and was officially recognized by the government in 1962. So, no.
- panglott 11y agoInterestingly, Wikipedia says AFSCME was not really interested in collective bargaining until the late 1960s/1970s, when it had a period of rapid growth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Federation_of_State,_...