If it wasn’t operated like a private company, it wouldn’t need a union.
Why wouldn’t it? Public ownership doesn’t magically guarantee better treatment than private. Guess what is actually the largest union in the US, at over ten times larger than the NALC? The National Education Association (NEA) of public school teachers.
Maybe not by definition, but in terms of operations, yes. If it wasn’t operated like a private company, it wouldn’t need a union.
And guess what union is probably the largest in the US?
National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
Why wouldn’t it? Public ownership doesn’t magically guarantee better treatment than private. Guess what is actually the largest union in the US, at over ten times larger than the NALC? The National Education Association (NEA) of public school teachers.