In terms of the traditional theory behind unions, public sector unions don't make any sense. There's no concentrated interest sitting on the other side of the t

In terms of the traditional theory behind unions, public sector unions don't make any sense. There's no concentrated interest sitting on the other side of the table (i.e. the owners of capital). The public interests, and power, are even more diffuse than workers' interests. On top of the structural analysis, civil service protections pre-date, and are independent of, public sector unionism. Yet here we are in the U.S. where union membership is today disproportionately public sector works or quasi-government workers (companies that derive most of their revenue from government contracts.)