End Near for Public Sector Unions

From the beginning, COTTonLINE has argued against public sector unions. Their leverage is simply greater than that of private sector unions. The Boston Globe has a good article about the implications of the recall failure in Wisconsin. They conclude:

When labor and management bargain in the public sector, they are divvying up public funds, not private profits. Government bureaucrats don’t have to worry about losing business to their competitors; state agencies can’t relocate to another part of the country. There is little incentive to hold down wages and benefits, since the taxpayers who will be picking up the tab have no seat at the table. On the other hand, government managers have a powerful motivation to yield to government unions. Union members vote. 

And they don't even mention that public unions' coerced contributions provide the millions needed to get public officials reelected.