I have seen the union scourge and listened to their justifications my whole life, and I don’t buy any of it.
I always enjoyed watching the union workers wearing their jackets around town, the coats had the huge logos on both front and back, but no where on that coat was the name of the company that signed their paychecks and put food in their families bellies.
Once someone puts the union above the employer in the food chain of importance then you might as well write him off for the rest of his employment, he is a worthless leach then.
Having worked in UAW shops for 40+ years as a salary employee, I can guarantee that most of the workers truly felt that they worked for the union, not for the company.
The union was very effective at propagandizing the workplace with a “them vs us” mentality.
If you study the history of the Reuther brothers, it’s all in the playbook.
Now the Baraqqis are going to use taxpayer money to subsidize their $3200/month retirement payments and platinum benefits.