Why Government Unions — Unlike Trade Unions — Corrupt Democracy – Time Magazine

LAUSD teachers join school support staff in their fight for better wages at LA State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles during the SEIU/UTLA strike on Thursday, March 23, 2023. (Sarah Reingewirtz—MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News/Getty Images)"The new mayor is supposed to manage Chicago for all the citizens, not to benefit public employees. Chicago is not in good shape. In 37 of its schools, not one student is proficient in reading or math. Its transit system is stuck with schedules that serve no one at great expense. The crime rate in Chicago is among the highest in the country. But no recent Chicago mayor has been able to fix these and other endemic problems because the public unions have collective bargaining powers that give them a veto on how the city is run." (With links to Wirepoints' data and analysis)
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Tom Paine's Ghost
3 years ago

Public Sector Unions are Unconstitutional. The CTU victory and others are finally awakening the American Public to this fraud and will lead to the busting and elimination of all Public Sector Unions. It will be a new dawn of freedom in America.

state_pension_millionaires
3 years ago

The key issue across the country, especially IL and Chicago. Politicians have little incentive to push back against public union wage, pension, and medical demands.

  • Private unions: are needed because private companies negotiate worker compensation aggressively.
  • Public unions: not the case….in fact, if politicians give them everything they demand, the public unions will get them re-elected.

Sick…and a real clear and present danger.

Da Judge
3 years ago

Until taxpayers start voting with their feet which has now been happening for the past 10 years in Chicago/Illinois.

I read 91 out of 102 Illinois counties lost population last year.

Poor Taxpayer
3 years ago

Spot on.

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