Not that I'm saying unions are the answer, but in a broad definition, unions are part of market forces. As is cooperation between companies. It just happens t

Not that I'm saying unions are the answer, but in a broad definition, unions are part of market forces. As is cooperation between companies. It just happens to be that the US prefers to introduce regulation with the stated intent of moving the economy closer to "perfect competition". Although clearly some regulation moves us toward monopoly, and all regulation has unintended effects, and obviously stated intent is different than actual intent. Phew. So many disclaimers in this comment...