At the state and local government level Republicans do offer some push back to the public sector unions...who are often in control of politics locally...
The problem is that reduced private sector incomes...can not support the old style public sector wages and benefits...
On that level I actually agree with the Republicans...
Old style unions...private sector unions...had a "social justice" function in the 20th Century... Workers Comp, Child Labor, Workplace Safety, Pensions and Health Insurance, Social Security, Civil Rights, etc...but much of that good stuff has now been PUT INTO LAW...
As an instrument of social policy unions did their job...in the 20th Century... But merely to extort higher and higher wages and benefits...in a declining economy is not benefiting the public now...
