Devil is in the details.
If they are getting undeserved obscene gold-plated pensions after a small percentage of lifetime service at 90% last year of working pay, then NO! THEY ARE NOT HONEST JOBS! They are ripoffs!
In Memphis all a union worker has to do is work 12 yrs, and they have a pension. But now the city council is cutting all the bennies for them to where they are worthless, while raising their own pay, no money to hire the 300 short LEO, yet they cut OT pay, many stay a few years and move on to greener pastures in other cities. They only want to hire blacks/female, well with half their population with criminal records they can’t pass background checks. Add in POOR education from the schools and that is a higher percentage of the ‘pool’ to chose from.
Try finding a job after 60, say hello to Wal-Mart PT work if you can get it.