Where the government extends only benign instruction, regulation or interference, unions have nothing to offer that can't be provided by the employer.
Let's use hospitals as an example. When the government nationalizes medical care doctors and nurses would be considered stupid to not have a union to protect them from the state.
Another example, the Postal Service is almost totally unionized.
Another example, UPS was set up by its founders to be unionized ~ those guys had worked for the Post Office Department and looked at the union as a way of keeping the government out of their business.
I doubt Obama is prepared for the period of labor strife that will ensue if he attempts to implement even a tenth of his BS ideas.
I would argue that FedEx blows both the USPS and UPS away in service and profitability. You need a militia to protect yourself from the government, not a union.
Unions should be illegal, especially those of government (white collar welfare) workers.
Attempting to sell the union as an antidote to government interference is a hard sale. Each has the same goal - to destroy free enterprise. It just depends on whether you want to get your marching orders from Washington or Union Headquarters.
UPS may be doing OK, I don’t know but the postal service is not a good example of success. Prices go up almost faster than you can buy stamps.
The Airlines, the auto industry, and most large manufacturing are unionized. How are they doing?