If you look closely at what the union demands of the Transit Union workers were, it was positively LAUGHABLE!!
They want everything a Congresscritter gets! Possibility of retirment after X years (20?), FULL benefits everywhich way,etc.etc. It is NOT about being exploited through low wages and overwork! They are socialists at heart, and THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK! THEY HATE TO WORK! Like all socialists living in the USA, they want to hijack the fruits and possibilities only capitalism can create, and turn them into socialist benefits. They think capitalism is Socialism with Training Wheels, that the ultimate destiny of capitalism is to serve and fulfill the demands of the socialist utopia .
Very well said.