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If you work for the public sector your collective bargaining is against.. the “union” of voters who pay you. This is no way to run a society. “It is impossible

• Hermitian909 5y ago
  > If you work for the public sector your collective bargaining is against.. the “union” of voters who pay you. I'd first note that politicians and government bureaucracy is a very large layer of indirection between the public and the government employees. Second, how does that justify unsafe working conditions for employees that have not been granted any special powers? I know teachers who are afraid that these policies will kill them or someone they love. This danger is not part of the job description, there was no warning that "if you or your loved ones are immunocompromised you may be asked to put them in harms way for the good of society". > “It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.” - George meany This doesn't seem to match the empirical evidence. Public sector unions across the world have done it fairly successfully for over a century. In countries that didn't gut private sector unions it's not like public employees have a much sweeter deal than everyone else, just a decent standard of living.
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