I don’t understand the rationale for having public employee unions. They should be outlawed.
I can understand — though don’t accept - the populist argument that led to unions: that without the ability to unionize, employees would be at the mercy of evil, capitalists who will exploit them by working them mercilessly, in unsafe environments, at low wages.
But what is the justification for a union of government employees? If the government will exploit them without unionization, then how can it be trusted to govern the citizenry in general?
Would that the SEIU, and other public unions, could be outlawed once and for all. Unfortunately, I know that is politically impossible for the foreseeable future — largely because of the $$$ that public employee unions have to finance the election efforts of their enabling politicians.
There is none. SEIU and other public employee unions receive paychecks courtesy of the US private sector taxpayer. Out of which are extracted union dues, again courtesy of the US taxpayer. Campaign contributions from these unions are, therefore, a direct transfer of wealth from you and I to candidates we would never support.
The long term strategy of the left is to create a permanent voting block funded by taxpayers. And it's working.