This is wrong. Back in the day, unions did see that, and were happy to work with the companies. However, the companies were the ones that broke that social cont

This is wrong. Back in the day, unions did see that, and were happy to work with the companies. However, the companies were the ones that broke that social contract first, trying to frame negotiations as adversarial. And, so what if the employees are trying to extract as much value as they can out of their employer? Isn't that what capitalism is all about? Isn't that what the employer is doing to the employees, and anyone else they deal with? Why do we see it as acceptable for the company to do so, but not the workers?