Would you make the same argument for companies that have monopolies? They achieve above free-market profits, so why the "free market" passion? If you think of

Would you make the same argument for companies that have monopolies? They achieve above free-market profits, so why the "free market" passion? If you think of labor as a commodity, unions are simply a monopoly of labor. Everyone wants a monopoly of what they sell, and freedom of what they buy, this is no different. I would be very hard pressed to find a good union case that didnt provoke some sort of restriction on other workes, either by wage fixing, protectionism or supply limiting.