[Eagle of Liberty]

The House on Tuesday voted to give all police, firefighters and other first responders the right to collective bargaining, although the legislation also would keep them from going on strike.

The bill, passed 314-97, gives public safety officers the right to join unions and bargain over wages, hours and conditions of employment.

Can someone PLEASE explain to me why government employees are allowed to unionize?

Unions have been manipulated by both sides to create a situation where the workers really don't have to work, they really don't have to fear getting fired, and the Union officals TAKE dues and give it to the Liberals. And in the end, Liberals have created another slow-working monstrosity.

[explodingspleen]

I would say “freedom of assosciation” weighs in, but of course, it should not require any additional law to be passed if you are making a constitional appeal.

IMHO, it is not constitutional to legislatively intervene either way. You can’t tell the labor force they can’t form unions, and you can’t tell the hiring agencies that they can’t fire anyone who join a union.

(But you could definitely pass laws against ‘striking’ in respect to interstate commerce.)

[anymouse]

Yep, you answered the question asked above about “if this doesn’t hurt my industry, why should I care.”

An inefficient, ineffective, bloated government workforce hits us all in the pocketbook with more taxes and it guarantees we will get less than what we pay for in services.

Civil servants are rarely civil nor consider themselves servants to those they supposedly serve - us the taxpayer.