These arguments sound reasonable, but they are not. Do you also want Jury decisions made in public? or your in-laws sitting in on allowance discussions with your kids? Some circumstances are sure to provoke more confusion than they are worth. We elect our county reps to bargain on our behalf as taxpayers, and workers elect their union reps. All agreements are public before they are finalized. There's no need to spend more county resources on endless wrangling in these lean times.