Many of you points are solid reasons why mandatory union membership/dues can cause problems. However this is quite clearly false: > Unions are not economicall

Many of you points are solid reasons why mandatory union membership/dues can cause problems. However this is quite clearly false: > Unions are not economically efficient organizations. They are politically efficient, so they serve a great political purpose, but their work in the economic sphere is only destructive. Unions can be quite economically productive and at their best can provide productivity bonuses to companies that work with them. The problem is balancing the power between the union and the company to get cooperation and increases in productivity. When Unions get too powerful, they start looking out for their own interests rather than those of their members, to the detriment of the workers and the company. When companies become to powerful, they can suppress union membership and the collective negotiating power of their workers, to the detriment of the workers and the market.