Outside America, cops have a union. It keeps them from getting overworked, ensures they’re trained in de-escalation, and provides mental care when needed.
Police unions are not always a force for good, specifically they can lack solidarity with other workers. In France they lobbied to keep their privilege while the retirement age was increased for everyone else.
Sure, there’s that. But no one is calling the bricklayers to disrupt union activities of other workers. The Starbucks local union organizers aren’t going to have to worry that the pipefitters union is coming for them. Cops on the other hand are literally the primary tool of unionbusting. It’s impossible to even pretend there is equivalence there while this remains true.
Outside America, cops have a union. It keeps them from getting overworked, ensures they’re trained in de-escalation, and provides mental care when needed.
Sounds like it’s something America could use.
Police unions are not always a force for good, specifically they can lack solidarity with other workers. In France they lobbied to keep their privilege while the retirement age was increased for everyone else.
Sure, there’s that. But no one is calling the bricklayers to disrupt union activities of other workers. The Starbucks local union organizers aren’t going to have to worry that the pipefitters union is coming for them. Cops on the other hand are literally the primary tool of unionbusting. It’s impossible to even pretend there is equivalence there while this remains true.