There was`a time when the Union Worker and the Gov’t worker met parity. Clue #1
Private sector unions are on the wane. The focus now is to pander to government unions by promising more and bigger government and grow the ranks of those unions to offset the shortfall in the public sector ones.
The new wedge is between government unions and taxpayers. That came to a head in WI and is heading there in other states, large and small. It's closer to home in the states.
At the federal level, where they can print money, it will take longer but it will eventually come to a head there as well.