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To argue against my point, workers in general should have a right to bargain collectively, out of the right to assemble. The reason that we abridge these rights in the case of government employees is that they is no way to get responsible negotiators against them.

I disagree. First, note that the police unions sometimes endorse democrats as well, and pay dues to a super union, that usually funds democrats. Second, the existence of a union doesn't actually make cops more or less likely to vote republican, they are already quite likely to do so. Third...

That's UK stuff. In the US it's weird. The whole union system is weird, because of the National Board of Labor Relations which means that Unions have to get approval to be created. It's a shitty system all around.

The police union is a large cause of the institutional rot, and is what makes it impossible to clear out. Basically, say you have a bad cop, like the one who killed George Floyd. Even before Floyd, he had 18 complaints. He should have been kicked out. But why wasn't he? I'd start by blaming the...

No, getting rid of them is just a good idea. Police should be paid well, but if police quit because they might be fired for being brutal, then good, problem solved.

No. Public sector unions are a cancer. In a private sector union, both the union and management benefit by the company remaining profitable, and the workers having a living wage, but between these extremes, there is fierce competition to try to get as much benefit for one side as possible. This...

The reform seems like almost nothing, and doesn't go far enough, so of course cops like it. If cops like the reform, I'm disinclined to think it did anything. They need to get rid of police unions and qualified immunity.