When the Government is Unionized

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 )