PATTERSON: Unions: The new barbarians

Government employees enrich themselves by robbing the public
By Matt Patterson
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The Washington Times
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Illustration: Visigoth Service Workers by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

In a recent address to a union rally in Ohio, Vice President Joseph R. Biden underscored the threat to organized labor posed by the wave of collective bargaining-reform legislation sweeping the country, spearheaded by governors like Wisconsin’s Scott Walker and Ohio’s John Kasich.

“This is a fight for the existence of organized labor,â€