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Re:In a small Virginia town, citizens review police like Ube... by RhysU on Thursday June 02, 2022 @05:05PM (#31600500)
> That kind of thing is absolutely routine and police unions are almost certainly the single greatest obstacle to improved policing in the US.

I always find it interesting that police unions are generally portrayed as bad while non-police unions are generally portrayed as good. Or, vice versa.

(I realize that you didn't make statements about unions in general, only a strong statement that the presence of a large and largely independent collection of unions is a hindrance to improving one part of public life).

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Re:In a small Virginia town, citizens review police like Ube... by zach_garwood on Thursday June 02, 2022 @11:29PM (#31603939)
You have to acknowledge that there is a slight difference between a union of armed mercenaries and a union of, say, grocery store staff. You can see how some might view one of those as "bad".
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Re:In a small Virginia town, citizens review police like Ube... by RhysU on Friday June 03, 2022 @07:07AM (#31606760)
Very true. But there are also unions with access to young minds, that control the skies, that intermediate our interaction with the government, etc. All of the public-sector unions have some superpower.
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