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by fnordfnordfnord 4717 days ago
LOL, what public sector unions?
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mh- 4717 days ago
In 2009 the U.S. membership of public sector unions surpassed membership of private sector unions for the first time, at 7.9m and 7.4m respectively.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-sector_trade_union#cite_...

http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-troub...

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fnordfnordfnord 4717 days ago
From your second link "dramatic decline in overall union membership." which is what I meant to imply. Unions are fairly impotent today.
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rayiner 4717 days ago
Unions in general are impotent, but the public unions (teachers, police, etc) are among the only ones that still have a lot of leverage.
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bitwize 4717 days ago
Public-sector unions are the only unions left in the U.S. with much political zorch, more's the pity.
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thatswrong0 4717 days ago
Why should unions have any political zorch? Why must collective bargaining require any amount of state intervention (besides, obviously, protecting individual liberty and property)?
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