It's hard to just take this union story by itself. It may be true that the unions managed to push McDonald's into this wage deal, but unions do other things as

It's hard to just take this union story by itself. It may be true that the unions managed to push McDonald's into this wage deal, but unions do other things as well. This is just to balance the conversation a bit, because at the moment it reads like unions are always reasonable. If you look at recent years in Denmark, there's also been cases where unions have employed strongarm tactics with firms that are already unionized. There was a case a few years back involving a restaurant where the staff were members of a smaller union, and another union came in and told the owner he needed to do a collective bargaining agreement with them instead. They blockaded the restaurant during the conflict. https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vejleg%C3%A5rden-konflikten https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vejleg%C3%A5rden-konflikten Plus there's stories about scaffolding being torn town when the employer decides to go with un-unionized labor. Also there's currently a conflict with the nurses, who want more pay. Now you'd think that maybe people would be grateful to them right after a year and a half of covid, but in fact the government passed a law forcing terms on them, which many of them are not too happy about. It's not like it's simply a free market, nor is it entirely centrally decided, so you can ask yourself whether the system is really as positive as it sounds from this article. There's pros and cons for everyone.