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>Everyone loves unions, somehow they overlook the outrageous power of police unions to keep terrible people in their ranks. Unions represent their members' int
by M2Ys4U 5y ago
>Everyone loves unions, somehow they overlook the outrageous power of police unions to keep terrible people in their ranks.
Unions represent their members' interests, that's the entire point of unions. It says more about the entire profession of policing (i.e. that there are so many terrible officers that the not-terrible ones can't do anything about them) than it does about unions, to be honest.
- themaninthedark 5y agoHow would you purpose that the not-terrible officers do something about the terrible officers? What should the great and inspiring teachers do about the bad teachers?
- simulate-me 5y agoMarginalize them? Give them the unimportant tasks and classes. Put them in positions that limit harm.
- themaninthedark 5y agoAssigning tasks and classes is the job of management, not the fellow union workers. Often, management is not allowed to be in the union as that would be a conflict of interest.
- Symbiote 5y agoThe union's members could agree to set appropriate boundaries, e.g. not defending staff who break the law. There are two unions representing metro train drivers in London, and I have little respect for RMT since they've gone on strike to defend a driver who was sacked for turning up drunk to work[1]. The other union (ASLEF) seems more reasonable. When an issue is important to both unions (e.g. pay for nighttime services) they wield considerable power. If only RMT strike, there's significant disruption but trains still run. [1] https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2015/february/lu-urges-rmt-members-to-vote-no-in-alcohol-ballot https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2015/februa... / https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/07/london-underground-workers-tube-strike-sacking-tfl https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/07/london-under...