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Is being anti-union part of conservative dogma? I don't think it is. The union local that represents me is wall to wall conservatives.
Are you saying that to be a union members disqualifies one from being a conservative? If so I am sure you would surprise a hell of a lot of union members.
As far as being an apologist, I don't accept that moniker. I think America enjoys a middle class because of the union movement not become of the largesse of corporate America.
Let's don't kid ourselves.Corporate America would be very happy to have us living in slums and our children wearing rags in the winter snows. History has proven that from the founding of the union movement when union founders were targeted for murder by the auto and mining companies.
What confounds me about union issues on FR is the frequent claim that union workers are over paid. At what point is a person over paid? Is it when someone makes more per hour than the person posting; is it when a lineman makes twenty four dollars an hour or is it when Michael Isner makes over two hundred million dollars in a year?
Furthermore, the claim that union workers are lazy is one that I haven't been able to confirm. In my sixth decade I have worked both union and non-union jobs. I found the union workers more willing to ridicule a slacker than I found in the non-union sector. There is much I haven't seen but much of what we see is viewed through perspective.