I've been able to find very few examples of union jobs on the city, county and state government levels that don't already pay more than the proposed new minimum wage or surpass it after a year or two of employment. I have no argument with labor unions long having been in the pocket of one party, and vice versa, as part of each group's standard business practices as mutual hosts and parasites. But how does this specifically benefit the unions, or is it about the larger picture of political back-scratching as usual?