&gt; civil labor usually has an advantage their private-sector counterparts don&#x27;t: they elect their bosses.<p>I don&#x27;t understand this: All unions elect their own leaders, as far as I know. Public sector unions do not elect the heads of the departments where they work, if that&#x27;s what you mean; the FOP doesn&#x27;t choose the police chief.<p>If you mean that union members also have votes in general elections, along with the rest of the public, that&#x27;s true but their influence is limited (there are many other voters), the &#x27;bosses&#x27; are a few steps over their heads (the mayor is elected, not the police chief), and finally, that&#x27;s the point of democracy: Everyone should have influence, from union members to managers to even Repulicans and Democrats.