Forget employers, most people's experience is with government employee unions. 35.2% of public sector workers in the US are in unions, only 6.7% of private sect

Forget employers, most people's experience is with government employee unions. 35.2% of public sector workers in the US are in unions, only 6.7% of private sector workers. They are particularly powerful in local politics, and there is a history of negotiating benefits with the politicians they elect that become unaffordable in the future.