The political rules of unions are stated throughout Moe’s Special Interest: Teachers unions and America's Public Schools. In chapter two of Moe’s book he discusses the rise of the teacher unions and instead of beginning with why teacher unions originated, he begins by telling us about the actions of keeping a large group whole. His main opening argument was how teachers joining a union need to get the whole team organized, and not to allow any free riding teachers. Moe emphasizes the importance of avoiding free riding teachers because they do none of the hard work, but if the unions win they reap the awards. Free riders are dangerous because they take away power from unions, so teacher unions need to make a larger incentive to join a union
