What don't you understand? The point of a union is to extract more money and reduce productivity (yes, it is). A company will resist this since it's the compa

What don't you understand? The point of a union is to extract more money and reduce productivity (yes, it is). A company will resist this since it's the company's money that's getting extracted and their productivity that's getting hurt. Politicians will not resist it since it's public money and public services--not specifically their own.