Gold Star Union?

This might not end well:

• Off topic but apparently the exempts, Commanders and Deputy Chiefs, are attempting to unionize.

One of the main points of even having the Exempt rank is to have expendable people who are beholden to their political masters. 

If they're allowed to unionize, the political side of the equation loses their hold over them. 

Not that we're in the habit of giving Conehead advice, but if you want to stop this in its tracks, propose getting rid of the Gold Brain pensions provisions and revert to the top tier to the last testable rank (lieutenant). Not only would it kill this effort, it'd be a small step to extending the life of the pensions.