> You can negotiate without union representation There are limits on the contracts that I could engage with, with another mutually interested party, is the poi

> You can negotiate without union representation There are limits on the contracts that I could engage with, with another mutually interested party, is the point. If there were no limits, then, almost by definition, it would not be a union. So yes, a union puts limits on the contracts that mutually interested parties can engage in. Were you not aware that unions put limits on the contracts that mutually interested parties can engage in? Did you think that a company, and an interested worker, could just completely ignore union rules, and create their own contract, that conflicts with the rules of the union?