[MaxMax]

A budget limits expansion of Federal employees which in turn limits the
power of Unions through funds received by the union dues. Unions can negotiate
all they want but if the money isn't there then they lose their power.

Unions do not dictate the contracts, the Democrats and Repubs allow them
to have what they want. All federal unions should be banned. They serve no
purpose outside of political influence in todays DC.

It's frustrating to see the Republicans allow the Dems to run roughshod over the
Constitution that each and every office holder takes an oath to protect.

[jettester]

I understand the power of cutting budgets but that doesn’t legally end the unions - it just dries up their source of funding (maybe the same thing?). What I am wondering about is legislating the unions into oblivion much like President Reagan did with the ATC when they struck. Whenever I hear any of these groups threatening a strike, the first thing though my mind is why do they have any authority to hold the public hostage? Am I missing something here?