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Absolutely right. I believe in unions. But unions don't exist to protect and reinstate members who have abused their power or committed crimes on the job. And

• lliamander 6y ago
  This is true with all public sector unions. Regular labor unions have a natural limitation in that if they push negotiations too far, they bankrupt the corporation and now the workers are even worse off. It's not even about negotiating pay: if the standards of workmanship aren't high enough the company can't deliver the goods or they costs from cleaning up the mistakes are too high. There are no such natural limitations on the ability for public sector unions to negotiate with the state.
  • AnthonyMouse 6y ago
    Not only that, the purpose of a private sector union is to negotiate with capital. The capitalist has no duty to give the workers a fair deal. Whereas the government in a democracy represents everybody, and public workers are a large voting block. Having a union on top of that gives them undue and disproportionate influence at the expense of, not corporate shareholders, but the general public.
• Simulacra 6y ago
  Same with teacher unions. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/31/the-rubber-room https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/31/the-rubber-roo...
  • BMorearty 6y ago
    That's a great point. I forgot about this story.