What are the falsehoods in complaints against police unions?
What about California teachers’ unions? European notaries?
The core premise of a union is that you have solidarity primarily across unions which is actually how you get collective-bargaining at larger scales
I thought it was because they couldn't strike because they were "essential"?
Police unions in New York regularly join hands with other public-sector unions.
Ah the “I am sure we can all agree … that I’m right” argument.
In actuality, there are plenty of very good arguments against unions. That you don’t like them changes nothing
(Am I allowed to be a little ideological when we are facing the potential extinction of humanity?)
No, they are not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
Changing the table stakes is what needs to happen: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation for a counter example.
Unions just create an us vs them mentality. The fact that the NUMMI plant ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUMMI ) was not reproducible is a pretty strong indicator of that.
But, I will say, often, unions are very positive things. Other times, basically evil. So, I think unions are a mixed bag. But the threat of potential unionization is almost a universal good, so it’s a right worth exercising once in a while.