The largest trade union in the country is composed of government workers. George Will explains what happens when the government is both the “employer” and the “worker” :
Such unions are government organized as an interest group to lobby itself to do what it always wants to do anyway - grow. These unions use dues extracted from members to elect their members’ employers. And governments, not disciplined by the need to make a profit, extract government employees’ salaries from taxpayers. Government sits on both sides of the table in cozy “negotiations” with unions.
(Via: Gene Veith )
