As an employer, I understand that a labour union rises my costs and makes my business less flexible. As a humanist, I understand that a labour union is just abo

As an employer, I understand that a labour union rises my costs and makes my business less flexible. As a humanist, I understand that a labour union is just about the only way workers can have their voice heard, and progress from wage slavery to somewhat bearable working conditions can be effected, and the corresponding backwards slide resisted. Those viewpoints are not contradictory.