>>It always seems to degenerate into an "us vs them" Because it literally is after companies become a certain size. You have a small start up of 3-10 people, y

>>It always seems to degenerate into an "us vs them" Because it literally is after companies become a certain size. You have a small start up of 3-10 people, you might all be friends and working together for the betterment of the whole. You get past that size, and hierarchy happens. And then it is labor vs management. This doesn't mean that the goals can't align, but there are key points where they don't. You think you're special and better than someone else, so you should get to pick whatever time off you want. The union doesn't care and has to create some version of fair because it represents several other people. If you work in a union company without being a part of the union, you're actively undermining the union's ability to assist it's members, and being called a scab is the price you have to pay. You don't seem to understand what the value is that a union provides. They're not perfect. There will again be places where the needs/goals of a single individual will be at odds with the needs/goals of the union. This doesn't make them a net negative. You keep believing in your exceptional nature, that you're better than average and therefor would be dragged down by the (hypothetical) union. Statistically speaking, you're probably wrong.