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Originally Posted by sloanst
I don't believe in public sector unions at all. We should have a more direct control of our tax dollars and being able to terminate bad apples quickly should be at the forefront of that control.
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I am a retired public employee. I was never a "fan" of unions. But do you think "bad apples" only exist in the bargaining unit ranks? What happens when the bad apple is in management and abuses their power to get rid of someone they claim is a "bad apple" but is really just questioning the manager's abuse? That is what the union is for. In many cases it protects the 3%. But the intent of that is to ensure that management follows its own processes (to protect others ...not sure if 97% is an accurate #). If they followed process, the union would not be able to protect the 3%. But it many cases, management does not follow its processes and the 3% are retained.
But to steer my comments back to the original topic, it is not black and white...very gray. So many times the mobs will turn on the police when they did nothing wrong, just followed the law and the rules. They have to stick together, so that when the danger comes, they know they can trust each other. But wouldn't it be great if there was some internal policing among police as well as many other groups. If you could change the culture so that you stand together publicly, and then address the problem children to get them inline or out, that would be amazing...but not holding my breath for that to happen with police, doctors, lawyers, politicians, teachers or any other group.