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Police unions have made it very difficult to fire bad cops.

• dubbel 5y ago
  From my European perspective it looks In the US the only unions left are the most hardcore, extremist unions. All the "finding a common middleground", reasonable unions have been eradicated by anti-union policies. And yes, there are lots of unions like that in the countries that I can speak for (Denmark, Germany). It is sad to see e.g. police unions being used as an argument against unions in general now.
• spaetzleesser 5y ago
  That’s a problem with the implementation of US unions, not with unions in general. In other countries things work better.
• zip1234 5y ago
  Unions serve their members, not the public good. Teacher unions do not exist to advance the education of children--they exist to get better hours, pay, and benefits for their members.
• lucian1900 5y ago
  Police unions aren’t labour unions. Police break labour strikes, not join them.