Government Against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences

by Daniel DiSalvo

Book Overview

As workers in the private sector struggle with stagnant wages, disappearing benefits, and rising retirement ages, unionized public employees retire in their fifties with over $100,000 a year in pension and healthcare benefits. The unions defend tooth and nail the generous compensation packages and extensive job security measures they've won for their members. However, the costs they impose crowd out important government services on which the poor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199990743
• ISBN13: 9780199990740
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"