> The one is paying you a salary for certain work done. The other is to (potentially) help you to negotiate better working conditions That's like saying that t

> The one is paying you a salary for certain work done. The other is to (potentially) help you to negotiate better working conditions That's like saying that the role of elected officials is to represent their constituents and serve their interests, treating them all with full equality under the law. It's a nice statement, but it's completely idealistic and doesn't accurately describe what actually happens in practice.