But the point of paying these dues to have a point. For example, strike-pay. If your employees are living pay-cheque to pay-cheque, then your risk of them all s

But the point of paying these dues to have a point. For example, strike-pay. If your employees are living pay-cheque to pay-cheque, then your risk of them all striking as a whole is minimal, whatever you do. If you know they could all subsist for say 6-months (housing and food covered by strike-pay), then you would be more cautious in your actions. My take is that there are stupid extremes on both sides of the unionization debate. But, as a concept, it provides a nice stabilizing counter-balance. If employees are happy, you don't notice the union. If they're unhappy, then you'll hear from the union. If the company is fundamentally unviable then really unionization is moot as you're all going down together.