Part of the problem with unions here is the decades of anti-union lobbying which has resulted in locking in unions in place and restricting how they operate. Ma

Part of the problem with unions here is the decades of anti-union lobbying which has resulted in locking in unions in place and restricting how they operate. Many places with a union now you HAVE to join and pay them and that is the end of discussion. And your voice doesn't matter for shit in the union, you are just meant to fall in step with your union leader's commands. And the structure of the unions themselves have come to resemble another profit-seeking business with a bunch of financial and business managers from outside taking over all the top positions, not former workers that rose from the ranks of workers and know the business, and then those outsiders raising management pay for themselves. If unions weren't so restricted, if talking about a new union couldn't get you fired, you could easily replace the old unions by a handful of workers freely starting their own union while opting out of the old shitty one ran by non-union workers. It would ideally light a fire under those entrenched union's positions.