Public Sector Unions Under the Microscope

A new book argues that unions are not only counter productive, but also illegal.

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A police car drives through the Brooklyn borough of New York. AP/Julia Nikhinson

‘Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions’
By Philip Howard
Rodin Books, 160 pages

Americans are attempting to come to terms with the killing of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police, five of whom have been charged with murder. The explanations offered for the brutality that led to the 29-year-old’s death sound a familiar note: a police culture of violence, bad apple cops, and systemic racism, notwithstanding that the officers charged are Black. 

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