What they could also be used for: - Allowing people to become unproductive and still get paid. - Protecting sexual harassers. - Blocking marginalized people

What they could also be used for: - Allowing people to become unproductive and still get paid. - Protecting sexual harassers. - Blocking marginalized people from joining the company. - Enriching union bosses. - Propping up organized crime. If you think “but that would never happen”, American unions have a long, long history of doing all those things.