I was in government, federal agency. What I know from over three decades of management is that there are abuses on both sides, management and employees.
I knew of managers who violated contracts on a regular basis. I also fired union employees who violated those agreements.
I was told more than once by the highest levels of management to do things that I knew violated our contracts and I always told them that I would follow a direct order if they put it into writing. They always backed down when I told them that.
Once the employees knew I would stand up for the contract, I had very few problems supervising union employees. If I had been a craft employee, seeing the abuses and willful violations by some managers, I would have joined a union, too.
What you don’t understand then is the imbedded and inherent evil in even allowing government unions.
To not understand this is a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE blind spot. Public sector unions are immoral, unethical, oxymoronic and unsustainable.
Do you have any idea why?
In my experience it's rare that a union breaks the contract...Unions pretty much police their own ranks...