Unions

I have often said that while I am pro union for private unions I am opposed to public unions. New York City just got rid of what many say was the worst mayor in the cities history. Bill de Blasio was elected because only 23% of eligible voters turned out and he got the union endorsement. The United Federation of Teachers, one of the New York City’s largest and most influential labor unions, endorsed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s re-election campaign on Wednesday. On Monday, he received a significant boost in those efforts: the backing both of a municipal labor union, the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, and of one of New York City’s largest and most powerful private sector unions, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union He got 726,000 votes. Within the metro area, we found that an estimated 689,018 of New York City's 3.4 million employed residents were union members in 2021. The union elects you and then you sit down with the union and negotiate.