06-13-2020, 08:55 AM
The backstory is my dad was in a union...and they caved and deserted the guys at the factory so I grew up no fan of unions. I've never been in one.
However I understand the need for them to fight back against the money and power held by the businesses.
Public sector unions I know less about.
I have some dealing with our local teachers union and I have supported them in their various fights and causes.
But the police union seems to be a different beast. They are protecting people who are given wide latitude in their behavior, are rarely punished for violent and illegal acts and want to stop any reforms to help their own members look better.
https://www.storycityherald.com/zz/news/20200612/the-major-stumbling-block-powerful-police-unions-stand-in-way-of-structural-reform-experts-say
Like I said: change is hard. No one likes it. Fear of "over-corrections" are well founded but NO correction of the current course is unacceptable in my opinion.
However I understand the need for them to fight back against the money and power held by the businesses.
Public sector unions I know less about.
I have some dealing with our local teachers union and I have supported them in their various fights and causes.
But the police union seems to be a different beast. They are protecting people who are given wide latitude in their behavior, are rarely punished for violent and illegal acts and want to stop any reforms to help their own members look better.
https://www.storycityherald.com/zz/news/20200612/the-major-stumbling-block-powerful-police-unions-stand-in-way-of-structural-reform-experts-say
Like I said: change is hard. No one likes it. Fear of "over-corrections" are well founded but NO correction of the current course is unacceptable in my opinion.
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