Doesn't that seem to be odd, they are public workers who work at the behest of the public.
The dems are pushing through a jobs bill to provide money for schools and public sector jobs. The money is misplaced, instead of laying off administrators and parks people, they are threatening laying off teachers and police. The public doesn't seem to get how this really is part of the problems cities and states are having when they are controlled by unions.
In Pennsylvania we were given little choice in regards to public unions when employed by the State.
We did NOT have to join, BUT, they took out dues anyway. SO, you could pay dues, NOT join, and have no say at all. OR, you could join, pay the same dues and a least have a vote. For what little good that did. The unions were as corrupt as our government is. They did NOT look out for the rank and file. The job of the union was to line the pockets of high ranking union officials, nothing more.
We were not allowed a union at the Agency, as it should be. We signed a "no strike" clause when we hired on. So do many other federal agencies.