[Hugin]

Don’t employees have to vote to unionize? Why would they if it means lower wages?

[BADROTOFINGER]

You take a lower wage or you don’t get a job. Its that simple really.

[Kid Shelleen]

I am not sure how the vote works. I guess it depends if they are in a right to work state. The employees, aka the working man, are the ones that get screwed.
From the article.
organizing becomes a win-win for employers and unions. Unions get initiation fees of about $50 per worker and a stream of dues totaling 2 percent to 4 percent of the workers’ paychecks. Employers get a lower wage bill. The losers in this scheme are employees, who have to pay union dues out of their paychecks.