There&#x27;s a major difference between a public employee union and a private sector union. In the private sector, a union organizes to put leverage on management, who represents ownership (i.e. the stockholders, the partners, etc). Ownership made a choice to invest in the company, and was able to weigh factors like labor rates and work environment before they invested.<p>But in a public employee union, labor is organizing for leverage against ownership, which in a democracy is everyone under the government&#x27;s jurisdiction. In this case, ownership is investing in the union without the same choice.<p>If we live under a government that is of, by, and for the people, collective bargaining via unions is oppressive. Labor negotiations should take place at the ballot box, and public employees should live with what&#x27;s decided there.