Public sector collective bargaining is one of the worst ideas since……hmmmmm………government control of education? Inflation? Protective tariffs? There are plenty of contenders here. Suffice it to say that North Carolina has sensibly stood firm against this horrible idea, one of the few states that has kept Pandora’s Box firmly shut. In states that have caved in, like NY and California, the result has been constantly rising costs for public sector “services.”

Big Labor wants to be able to dip into the public trough. The legislators had better say no.