Re: Well, not all of the Left
And as Barro points out in a [ttp://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/02/manhattan-moment-obama-plays-both-sides-collective-bargaining-issue|linked article,] Federal employees also don't have a lot of bargaining rights, and Obama proposed freezing Federal wages for two years.
Didn't see a lot of union indignation over that, did we? It's almost like it's about the politics, not the benefits.