A big problem with unions is the inability
they create to get rid of incompetent employees and employees who are simply lazy slackers. Every union member knows fellow employees like this and complain, at least to each other, about them
I had a GS employee who was incapable of working with anyone. He was regularly shuffled off in a truck to inspect remote areas (basically mess around all day). He started a fight with some airmen we had detailed into the shop. Since I was NCOIC, I told him to knock it off. He kept escalating until he threatened to kill me. Long story sort—we spent 6 months working with the union to get him out (Even the union rep said he had to go). He ended up quitting before he got fired.
Ridiculous doesn’t come close to describing how detrimental “public service” unions are. They should all be summarily outlawed. By definition, they are against the public good.