Unions, like Democrats and other leftists organizations, are simply criminal enterprises who pander to their constituents until in power and then abuse them for their own selfish gain. Unions are, and always have been, about the destruction of the free enterprise system. They have become parasites who keep the host companies just barely alive, sometimes they actually kill them, in order to live off them. Many leaders have become fat and happy crooks and have lost some of their zeal for destroying free enterprise but they are willing to rise to the cause when necessary, like electing other lefties.