<i>So labor should just take whatever management and politicians feel like giving them like obedient little servants?</i><p>When they&#x27;re public servants, yes.<p><i>Do we feel that the civil service is sufficiently isolated from rapidly changing political pressures to ensure the rights of workers and to avoid the inherent issues involved in political control of a large group of government workers?</i><p>Why is that the goal? A shift in public attitude should result in a change in public servant staffing and behavior.