Talk About Town: Do Unions Hurt the Community's Fiscal Health?

A recent University of Michigan poll found that 56 percent of local Michigan leaders felt that unionized workers have had a negative effect on their community's fiscal health.

The Detroit Free Press ran an article Monday on the findings, including that four out of 10 local leaders said unions have been a liability to their jurisdiction's overall performance.

The survey was based on responses from 360 of an estimated 520 local governments in Michigan that have unionized workers, according to the Free Press article.

In White Lake, some township employees are unionized, as are the police and fire department employees.

In fact, an item on Wednesday's Township Board meeting agenda is approval of police contracts.

So we want to know:

Do you think the unions in White Lake have been a detriment to the township's fiscal health? Why or why not? Do you think township employees should be unionized?