Do Public Sector Unions Wield Too Much Power in Blue Cities?
About this episode
The episode discusses the perceived excessive influence of public sector unions in blue cities, featuring insights from Nicholas Bagley and Robert Gordon.
In late February, Nicholas Bagley and Robert Gordon, who have both had extensive careers in Democratic governance – Nicholas was Chief Legal Counsel for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer until 2022, Robert most recently served as a Deputy Assistant to the President on the Domestic Policy Council of the Biden White House – went where few left-of-center commentators have been willing to go: they directly called out what they see as the excessive political influence of public sector unions. Those d...
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