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Totally disagree. If you have a job, whether public or private, you can be subject to exploitation, bad treatment, shitty salary, unreasonable demands etc. You

Totally disagree. If you have a job, whether public or private, you can be subject to exploitation, bad treatment, shitty salary, unreasonable demands etc. You have as much need of a union as anybody else. Especially since a state is more powerful than any company. You are twisting logic in a crazy way here by suggesting anyone employed in the public sector is the government. The administration of the country and those doing it are very different from somebody being a public sector worker. A public sector worker has no more power over those running a country than you as a person employed in the private sector. I think the most fair system would be if workers got to elect 50% of the board and shareholders the other 50%. That would mean both parties get equal say. It is the money of the shareholders but it is the workplace and life of the employees. It would also encourage cooperation towards the common good of the company.

lettergram 6y ago
> You are twisting logic in a crazy way here by suggesting anyone employed in the public sector is the government. The administration of the country and those doing it are very different from somebody being a public sector worker Am I? The teacher, fireman, police, etc are all directly employed at the state, city, county level. Ultimately they are employed at our behest. The issue with collective bargaining is I have no alternative option. Do I trust the administrators we elect to fire bad teacher? Well they can’t because they have a union. The union will also help elect who ever will give them raises - It’s called “open bargaining”. There are alternative approaches as you suggest. One such suggestion would be allowed tax dollars to be applied at any school of your choosing. Thus there’s a repercussion for poor teaching or school management. Police officers would be more accountable if they could be fired for a bad job and not protected by a union, etc

lettergram 6y ago

> You are twisting logic in a crazy way here by suggesting anyone employed in the public sector is the government. The administration of the country and those doing it are very different from somebody being a public sector worker Am I? The teacher, fireman, police, etc are all directly employed at the state, city, county level. Ultimately they are employed at our behest. The issue with collective bargaining is I have no alternative option. Do I trust the administrators we elect to fire bad teacher? Well they can’t because they have a union. The union will also help elect who ever will give them raises - It’s called “open bargaining”. There are alternative approaches as you suggest. One such suggestion would be allowed tax dollars to be applied at any school of your choosing. Thus there’s a repercussion for poor teaching or school management. Police officers would be more accountable if they could be fired for a bad job and not protected by a union, etc