I tend to think that monopolies are bad, whether corporations or unions. Local 14 is trying to be a monopoly. One of the best arguments I've heard for unions [

I tend to think that monopolies are bad, whether corporations or unions. Local 14 is trying to be a monopoly. One of the best arguments I've heard for unions [0] is that a negotiation between workers and companies is usually very lopsided: a company can afford for an employee to quit, but a worker often cannot afford to get fired. A union is powerful enough to negotiate equally with companies. But in the case of Local 14, it seems like the power is actually lopsided in the other direction: Local 14 can afford to boycott one particular construction project, but the building developers can't afford to go without cranes. [0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/22/repost-the-non-libertarian-faq/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/22/repost-the-non-liberta... (see section 2.5)