If you’ve ever been to a union meeting, you know the peer pressure and coercion that is used against the members to get them to not only go along with but to believe in the leadership. When you promise an unending gravy train, you are always going to find plenty of suckers to keep you in power.
actually, when I was a young lad, I was a member of the International Laborors Union. I did not like the idea of someone telling me I was unhappy......