Pennsylvania needs to eliminate collective bargaining

Guest Column By Stephen Morrow

I applaud [Wis.] Gov. Scott Walker for his courage to take on the powerful public employees’ unions that are bankrupting states nationwide on collective bargaining agreements.

Collective bargaining for public employees is structurally flawed and corrupt. Most federal government employees and members of the military do not have collective bargaining rights.

Negotiating CBAs with public unions, by politicians who were elected to office with large union campaign contributions, creates an unfair disadvantage for private sector workers and taxpayers who have to pay the bill.

Why would school boards and local governments across Wisconsin with huge budget deficits rush to reach agreements with public employee unions before a law takes effect restricting CBAs, saving the taxpayers millions of dollars?

I’ll tell you why. The politicians are bought and paid for by the public employee unions.

Instead of being advocates for the taxpayer, which is their job, they are taking care of a minority, special interest group — public employee unions. This is the perfect example for states to eliminate CBAs for public employees.