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LOL, what public sector unions?

• mh- 13y ago
  In 2009 the U.S. membership of public sector unions surpassed membership of private sector unions for the first time, at 7.9m and 7.4m respectively. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-sector_trade_union#cite_note-17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-sector_trade_union#cite_... http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-trouble-with-public-sector-unions http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-troub...
  • fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
    From your second link "dramatic decline in overall union membership." which is what I meant to imply. Unions are fairly impotent today.
    • rayiner 13y ago
      Unions in general are impotent, but the public unions (teachers, police, etc) are among the only ones that still have a lot of leverage.
• bitwize 13y ago
  Public-sector unions are the only unions left in the U.S. with much political zorch, more's the pity.
  • thatswrong0 13y ago
    Why should unions have any political zorch? Why must collective bargaining require any amount of state intervention (besides, obviously, protecting individual liberty and property)?