>That's not the case because the US Government and industry has spent the last 150 years crushing unions and weakening them. No, it's actually because the gove

>That's not the case because the US Government and industry has spent the last 150 years crushing unions and weakening them. No, it's actually because the government gave them more power and allowed agreements to be structured where all of the electricians in one company must come from the same union. Unions in the US are able to prevent competition from other unions. You can not freely choose different unions if you don't like the one in your company. See every state that doesn't allow "right to work". Unions become mandatory.