Do not be so certain about that especially for the rank and file. It is a matter of faith among many union members that the company is keeping two (or more) sets of books. The Union leaders see things through a very blinkered ideological lens.
The “rank and file” have their heads stuck where the sun don’t shine (the ones who aren’t goons).
“It is a matter of faith among many union members that the company is keeping two (or more) sets of books.”
That’s what the rank and file tell themselves when they don’t want to think very much about it. That’s what the leadership tells them to cover their criminal activities.
“The Union leaders see things through a very blinkered ideological lens.”
The Union leaders, and their goons, will embrace the ideology that brings them the most power.