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So the union should do what, in your opinion?

The union should compete in the free market like everyone else. If someone else is willing to sell their labor for less than the union demands, they should be able to work for the company (sell their labor). WITHOUT GETTING A BALLBAT UPSIDE THE HEAD.

Flipside, if someone doesn't want to work for the going market value for the labor they're providing, they're free to find another line of work.

Obviously, I have no respect for unions in their present form. They use thug tactics to enforce their monopoly on the labor pool, and fight any efficiencies inherent in the free market.

I used to have a lot more respect for the whole "free-market" thing, and in an ideal world we could have a totally free market. However, I've seen too many dirty tricks played at the top levels of our society. I've seen too many betrayals, too many dirty deals and too many victims of these actions. I've seen jobs shipped overseas while the corporate-owned media trumpeted the exciting new world of "high-tech", and then flooded that market with H1-b employees to the point where companies have no interest in hiring native Americans anymore. Why is that a good thing?

A couple of years ago I was about as anti-union as anyone. Now I'm not so sure. If it takes unions to push back against the utter rapacity of the power elite in this country, then maybe unions aren't such a bad thing.

If I believed in our legal system, and I believed that conflicts of interest and betrayals of good faith and violations of contract would be dealt with in an evenhanded, fair and timely manner, then I would believe that there is no need for unions.

However, given the current status of our legal system, I do not believe that lies and betrayals and breaches of contract will be dealt with in any way other than to the advantage of those who have to most money to spend. Given that realty, I begin to understand the necessity of unions.