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**parishilton** · 02-17-2011, 09:35 PM

Government is a monopoly and when government workers strike the public has no alternative (competitor) to turn to. It provides undue leverage to the union that simply does not exist for unions the private sector. Negotiations are never on a level playing field.

So we shouldn't have equal application of basic law to workers depending on their employer. And by alternatives what do you mean? You can homeschool, just as easily as a teacher can "find another job" if they don't like it. And for a lot of integral public goods like fire and police, they usually aren't allowed to strike. So really you want to go after teachers and public transport workers.

02-17-2011, 09:35 PM	#8
parishilton Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	Government is a monopoly and when government workers strike the public has no alternative (competitor) to turn to. It provides undue leverage to the union that simply does not exist for unions the private sector. Negotiations are never on a level playing field. So we shouldn't have equal application of basic law to workers depending on their employer. And by alternatives what do you mean? You can homeschool, just as easily as a teacher can "find another job" if they don't like it. And for a lot of integral public goods like fire and police, they usually aren't allowed to strike. So really you want to go after teachers and public transport workers.
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