>That depends, sure you can point to examples where the Union did improve peoples lives But then i can also point to examples where they did not, where they end

>That depends, sure you can point to examples where the Union did improve peoples lives But then i can also point to examples where they did not, where they ended up driving business out, bankrupting people The answer to this is not airy theorizing or anecdotes but statistical evidence. There are many people who do this. See for example figure 9 here: https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/ https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/