American unions are essentially required by law to take an adversarial relationship with employers as an accidental consequence of historical racism. The short

American unions are essentially required by law to take an adversarial relationship with employers as an accidental consequence of historical racism. The short version is that there was a union that was declining to support dues paying members because they were black. It resulted in a case that went all the way to the USSC. In contrast, European unions are allowed to be more realistic and accept that some members are knuckleheads and that it’s a positive for both the union and the employer if they are fired with minimum fuss.