you know what i love about you beenthere? you live and see america through your little bubble. if you haven't experienced it, its not true. I think what you said is true, and I believe you. But do you really think all unions are like that? serious question, I expect an honest serious answer......
To be honest I have no idea if all unions are like that, I been a member of two and it was like that with both of them.
Even though I'm not a part of the teachers union, I do have first hand knowledge of how they operate in CA. and they are far worse than the private unions I spoke of. Try and fire a tenured teacher that is a total failure, see how long it takes, if you even can. If you want to deny this, be my guest and look like a fool doing so.
Lets use Cal-Trans as an example. Not sure where you are from but you can ask anyone that lives here about their work ethic, if that's what they call it. I wasn't BSing about 7-8 guys standing around doing a 2 man job, it's a reality. We have the second highest fuel tax in the country and arguably the worst highways in the nation.
How about our public employee unions, who during an employees last years the union encourages them to work all the overtime they can, they also get raises right before retirement. This is to maximize their retirement pension because the state of California calculates their pension on the last two years of income!
So what kind of bubble are you referring to, the prism you see from the books and articles you read, or the one I witness in real life?