Op-Ed: Union vs. goats, a case study for why members should question union leadership

News headlines and television talking heads daily stoke fears that artificially intelligent supercomputers will soon take our jobs. So, credit to the Columbus city workers’ union for giving us another labor-saving technology to worry about: goats.

The AFSCME Local 1632 has filed a grievance against Columbus because the city is using goats to clear brush at the Columbus Water & Power’s Southerly Water Reclamation Plant.

As ancient Egyptians and early Ohio settlers knew, goats offer significant advantages over humans when it comes to clearing brush – they don’t take sick days, rarely complain, never need coffee breaks, and don’t scroll social media feeds while they’re on the clock. Goat droppings provide a...