@dalias @bmalsuj @janisf I must disagree. Police unions are awful because, by and large, police are awful, but nevertheless they are still unions and nevertheless policing is labor.
Unions are made up of people, and people can be awful (the more traditional labor unions have their fair share of despotic leaderships and cozy relationships with people in power) but I strongly disagree with the idea that moral tests should decide whether something counts as labor or is a union.
@Orc @bmalsuj @janisf A union represents the interests of workers against their bosses/owners of the business. In the US (the context I'm assuming) that is absolutely NOT what police "unions" do. They do not stand up for police who are treated badly or forced to do unethical things by the bosses. Rather, they represent the interests of police to commit violence with impunity against the interests of the public and civilian government.