Depends on your point of view. When you're starting a new company you can't afford to have some employee call in sick and having to pay them for an x amount of

Depends on your point of view. When you're starting a new company you can't afford to have some employee call in sick and having to pay them for an x amount of months/years. Your company would simply fail and you'd be bankrupted. OTOH I do agree that unions are much needed in a capitalistic society where only the ones with rare sought-after skills reap the rewards and the bulk are fighting over scraps.