> Nothing about a union means you can't negotiate, have merit based promotion, etc. Yes there is. It is the fact that many unions do indeed do this. For what

> Nothing about a union means you can't negotiate, have merit based promotion, etc. Yes there is. It is the fact that many unions do indeed do this. For whatever reason, people will often democratically choose to have stupid rules, such as seniority rules. The problem with a union is that if people democratically choose the dumb decision, then I am screwed. No thank you!