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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
You're really down on public sector unions.
I'm not a big fan of them myself but my experience with them is that they are really too weak to have much of a negative, or positive impact.
We had one where I worked for the State of Florida and it was a joke. We used to call it "collective begging".
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At best, public sector unions are worthless. At worst, they can be quite harmful. The Democrats do a good job of conflating the merits of private sector and public sector unions, mostly because of the demise of private sector unions.
"All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.
The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations...
"The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives in Congress. Accordingly, administrative officials and employees alike are governed and guided, and in many instances restricted, by laws which establish policies, procedures, or rules in personnel matters."
- Franklin Roosevelt