Unionism is socialism.
The best move I ever made was getting out of The International Laborers Union Of North America, AFL/CIO.
Nothing but a bunch of Mafia goons and grifters.
I never became part of it.
Strangely, I had great relationships with the two head union reps, even helping one get a specific operation her HMO did not suggest and pushed back on, but later agreed to do it because it was a great long-term option and recovery time was a fraction of the time, despite being slightly more expensive for just the surgery.
She was so very happy to have done it. Out the same day or the next, as I recall.
The other I was over at his house multiple times.
Both really trusted me, and I cared about them.