>>New York itself has ~700 000 workers, so 300k making 30k more than the median Which is significant, given New York has 300,000 public sector workers. The med

>>New York itself has ~700 000 workers, so 300k making 30k more than the median Which is significant, given New York has 300,000 public sector workers. The median would be much lower if you excluded them when calculating the median income. They're the dominant political faction, voting in governments that give them more tax dollars. >>Unions provide an advantage even when everyone is in an union. Again, see the multiple countries that have almost full unionization. What advantage are you talking about? Anemic wage growth? Public sector pensions that threaten to bankrupt the state? Industrial sectors that are steadily being eclipsed by East Asian economies?