The machine: Public Sector Unions

By: keepcoolwithcoolidge (Diary)  |  January 6th at 12:06 AM  | 

Public sector unions have long been adversaries of the Republicans. Calvin Coolidge came to prominence after breaking the Boston Police Strike. One of Ronald Reagan’s early Presidential successes was his handling of the PATCO strike. And Scott Walker fought valiantly to limit the excessive collective bargaining privileges of government workers. Historically, even some Democrats have opposed public sector unions. FDR notably remarked, “Since their own | Read More »