Let me answer you more thoroughly. First of all you don't have to have a union to have purchase power for medical benefits.
And the converse could be made to your argument that non-union workers have kept the market so low. Union workers keep wages high in most areas. Too high, in my opinion.
And those Wal-Mart or In-n-Out employees? Why don't they get an edumacation and get a real job?
That is a more thorough? That is all opinion. When was the last time you tried to purchase medical benefits for your company?
I don't necassarily disagree with you that Unions have kept the wages too high in some areas. As I said, the reality lies somewhere in the middle.
As far as the education. In the real world there are a lot of very intelligent, hard working people that just aren't cut out for college. Or many some that aren't book smart but will work their asses off.
Your cavalier, all or nothing approach does not translate into the real world.