UNION WORK RULES: It's the productivity, stupid! This is an older post that explains rather succintly why private sector unions are declining with such rapidity. And Simberg is correct; I remember (back in the 60's) having to wait for a union technician to remove a cover plate (four screws) on an equipment rack so that the engineer and I could install a new receiver in a downrange satellite tracking station.

While the vignette is only indirectly relevant to the Wisconsin public union controversy, it does illustrate the union mind-set: if it's not covered by a union rule, it won't get done.

Linked from a Washington Examiner post.