I think you are correct. Says a lot about them.
I remember back in the early 2000s, hearing a big story on NPR about how lots of people were starting to use the internet to make telephone calls, about how this was unregulated and was in violation of federal regulations controlling point-to-point communications outside the telephone system.
The story seemed to be aimed directly at the regulatory bureaucrats in DC. It pointed out how various federal excise taxes were not being collected on calls of this type, and how laws pertaining to interstate commerce were being flouted by people who used the internet in this way.
NPR is itself heavily unionized. It also get (or used to get) contributions from major labor unions.