I don’t buy this sweeping generalization argument at all.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/02/11/denver-t...
Police Unions: "Why We Fight Against Performance Based Pay"
http://www.mesampa.com/why-we-fight-against-performance-pay/
"Merit Pay for Police Officers Is Overruled by Labor Board"
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/03/nyregion/merit-pay-for-po...
"Why It Can Take Six Years to Fire an Inappropriate or Ineffective Teacher"
https://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/why-it-can-take-six-...
The brainwashing runs deep in this country, a couple generations was taught to fight against their own interests in support of oligarchs and corporations and was sold as "democracy". We're witnessing the terminal phase of that, where it goes from here is up to us but you're killing all faith I have that we will have better lives in my lifetime.
Some are born to be willing slaves and some are born to break the chains.
Even though the pay plan meant more money for many of its members, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association filed an improper practice petition against the city, arguing that any changes in pay rates must be negotiated through collective bargaining.
Tell me again why I would want this?
That response pretty much spawns the existence of all of the currently-ongoing problems in America.
Our founding fathers also had bills to pay, and yet they somehow managed to find time to start a war and create a new country. That was the 1700s. Why aren't you capable of doing that now?
But the alternative that is being proposed - unions - aren’t about fairness if your definition of fair is that people who work harder should be awarded more.