There should be NO public employee unions, NONE. They are simply means to re-direct money to the elected officials who bargain with them.
I don't care if they are a union or not. But every single one should be an at will employee utterly subject to the whims of the county board and their budget. And there should be zero impact on a future budget; you can't promise benefits or anything for a future board budget, as that is a decision for THAT board to make if they wish to continue with the same compensation or cut it out entirely.
Really, that's the issue, not employees joining unions, but employment contracts superseding county budgets and that's why San Bernardino is in such a financial mess right now.
“There should be NO public employee unions, NONE. They are simply means to re-direct money to the elected officials who bargain with them.”
worth repeating