My Canadian Gf was union nurse for the province of BC. Largest nurses union in Canada. She was “allowed” (at taxpayer’s expense) 75 days of “time off” in a year while making $28/an hour. The dumb saps in the provincial govt just said yes to the union demands every year like idiots.
And everytime negotiations were at a standstill, they would play anti-American commercials and ads that if the province didn;t sign up for the new contract, we would end up like healthcare in America.
What makes you think they were dumb, or idiots, as opposed to working hand in glove with the unions to rip off the Canadian taxpayer? Why should they say no, after all? The unions are part of why they got elected in the first place.
And why not? It's not their money they are giving away.