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by pjc50 1953 days ago
Interestingly, in the UK the police are explicitly not allowed to unionize. The fire brigade are and have occasionally gone on strike.

Instead they have three different professional organisations, because the UK is ridiculously class-stratified: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Federation_of_England_a...

> Superintendents and Chief superintendents are represented by a separate staff association, the Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales (PSA),[3] while the most senior officers are members of the Chief Police Officers Staff Association (CPOSA).

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You’re being downvoted because of right wing teamism that dang and company refuse to address or are not equipped to deal with.