Problematic, Unionized Government Employees

There are serious problems when government workers are unionized. This started on the federal level requiring no Congressional approval and has now grown in all layers of government.
 

It was a JFK executive order 10988 in 1962 that started what has grown into a political-influenced monster, taking over our states and city governments as well. Unionization controls whatever it touches.

Unions now influence state and big-city government bureaucracies and, therefore, too many state and local political machines.

Public employees are being unionized at a rapid pace when private employment is only about 7% unionized.

Union wages run much higher than comparable wage scales; by about one third, and more beyond private earnings. Pension funds and terms usually far surpass that of private industry. In some instances, five or more times. In general, total government unionized pay packages are about triple those of comparable private industry jobs. All have been budget-busting, and almost impossible to control.

And taxpayers making less pay are paying the bills.(See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewHole tweets.)