Any agreements they reach are put in writing and both employees and management live by them. We don't think that's too complicated for Kentuckians to understand and support. After all, we know that Kentuckians are at least as smart as folks in most others states which have collective bargaining for public employees and understand it. If employees get collective bargaining they should give up their job security. That makes no sense at all.
Public employees have a long probationary period already.
Once they make it through that period, they should have basic human rights if they are being disciplined or dismissed. Collective bargaining is anti-democratic. In fact, collective bargaining actually extends work-place representative democracy. Employees choose their representatives who meet with elected officials' representatives. They reach agreements that are then voted on by the employees and elected officials.