Again, your statement is illogical. > workers are free to voluntarily pick a different job where the employer Then there's no point for a union. (Remember, un

Again, your statement is illogical. > workers are free to voluntarily pick a different job where the employer Then there's no point for a union. (Remember, unions aren't for employees who can negotiate directly with their employer, or who generally benefit from an open labor market.) > an employer has a captive labor market over its employees And that's where unions are critical. But, getting back to my original point, it creates a "who's watching the watchers" situation. You don't have to look far to learn about the corruption in the Detroit UAW. The kickbacks made the national news. But, more importantly, after such a scandal do we really believe that the Detroit UAW was looking out for their members' best interests? That's why I firmly believe those kinds of unions need to be optional. Ultimately, employees in a captive labor market need to be able to effortlessly walk away from their union. It needs to be as simple as canceling a newspaper. Otherwise, it becomes very hard to have a "check and balance" if the union becomes corrupt.