Question

Should public employee unions be barred from making political contributions in jurisdictions in which they represent employees

Answer 1

Public employee unions should not be barred from making political contributions in jurisdictions in which they represent employees. When it comes to advancing the interests of employees, the public sector unions need to play the role that these employees have vested on them. Thus, when these unions leverage the political process, it makes them to exert more influence over the jurisdictions in which they are representing the employees. Through those extensive political contributions, these public employee unions help to make useful negotiations that are not possible if they would have shrank back from the same. It also true that everybody has the freedom of speech and there is no law currently that bars them from making such contributions. Barring them from making political contributions in the process of executing their duty means denying not only the unions their basic rights, but also denying the employees the right to be represented well.