A More Perfect Union

On today’s show, Jonah speaks to Manhattan Institute fellow and CCNY professor Daniel DiSalvo (an expert on public-sector unions and their history) to find out how the sausage really gets made in the intra-organizational politics of these public-sector unions, and how their influence is often the result of “the breakdown of machine politics – especially within the Democratic Party – in big cities.”   Show Notes: -      Dan’s page at the Manhattan Institute -      “The Trouble with Police Unions” -      Dan’s latest book, Government Against Itself -      The first work on the “New Class,” by Milovan Djilas -      Maya Wiley back by the SEIU in NYC -      DeBlasio was also endorsed by SEIU -      Terry Moe’s book on teachers unions -      New York teachers’ all-expenses-paid “rubber rooms” -      The OG happy warrior See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.