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In my home state of Virginia, public employee unions are specifically outlawed (for state and local governments, obviously, there is nothing Virginia can do about the feds).
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I don’t see why they (hell ALL) couldn’t pass something along the lines of:

1) Donations of ANYTHING from non-voting capable entities is hereby illegal

2) No govt position may receive any contribution from outside of their representation zone (city for city, county for county seat, state for state\Fed)

3) All donations must be posted within 72 hours of their receipt and audits must be immediately available upon any request.

4) Any infringement of any part of this law will forfeit ones run and each violation will be assessed a fine of $1M (adjusted to inflation). More than 5 violations will also incur 6mo.\per in prison and a felony conviction.

That should clean-up the system a bit...

I like this from the Code of Virginia:

§ 40.1-55. Employee striking terminates, and becomes temporarily ineligible for, public employment.

Any employee of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or other political subdivision thereof, or of any agency of any one of them, who, in concert with two or more other such employees, for the purpose of obstructing, impeding or suspending any activity or operation of his employing agency or any other governmental agency, strikes or willfully refuses to perform the duties of his employment shall, by such action, be deemed to have terminated his employment and shall thereafter be ineligible for employment in any position or capacity during the next twelve months by the Commonwealth, or any county, city, town or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or by any department or agency of any of them.

and this,

§ 40.1-57.2. Prohibition against collective bargaining.

No state, county, municipal, or like governmental officer, agent or governing body is vested with or possesses any authority to recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of any public officers or employees, or to collectively bargain or enter into any collective bargaining contract with any such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to them or their employment or service.