Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions Howard Philip K.
"Elected leaders come and go, but public unions just say no." Hiding in plain sight is a fatal defect of modern democracy. Public employee unions have a death grip on the operating machinery of…
Specifikacia Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions Howard Philip K.
"Elected leaders come and go, but public unions just say no." Hiding in plain sight is a fatal defect of modern democracy. Public employee unions have a death grip on the operating machinery of government. Schools can't work, bad cops can't be fired, and politicians sell their souls for union support.With this searing five-point indictment, Philip K. Howard argues that union controls have disempowered elected executives and should be unconstitutional.Union power in government happened almost by accident in the 1960s, ostensibly to give public unions the same bargaining rights as trade unions. But government bargaining is not about dividing profits, but making political choices about public priorities. Moreover, the political nature of decision-making allowed unions to provide campaign support to friendly officials. Public bargaining became collusive. The unions brag