YES!! The Unions have succeeded in negotiating contracts with the American tax-payer that make it impossible to manage the government bureaucracies. IMO.
Worked for a company that was asked to bid on a contract with a large MI VA Hospital. The person who was assigned to do the work we were bidding on spent all their time doing union work instead of his VA job. The contract specifications, however, were written so that NO ONE could perform to specifications or absorb the costs they wanted to pass on to the contractor. (Reports done for free, etc.) When this was brought to the attention of the VA facility, they merely said they saw no problem with the contract. The work is still not being done and the contract unfilled. No one really cares.