I&#x27;m fine with unions for corporations, that&#x27;s two private collectives bargaining their mutual economic interests. Capital generally has an advantage in negotiations so it seems only fair that individuals should be able to pool their labor as a counter-negotiating tactic, and this too is a market strategy.<p>When someone is working for the public the considerations are entirely different and I am much less sure about the ethics or wisdom of allowing collective bargaining. I feel the same way about government procurement&#x2F;contracting, treating the public interest as just another market participant often seems to result in moral hazard and other unwanted outcomes. I don&#x27;t have a good theoretical answer for this but I think we badly need to revisit the issue.