It's not just about being unproductive or unreliable. It's about being taken advantage of, even if and when you are fully productive and reliable. Hard work and

It's not just about being unproductive or unreliable. It's about being taken advantage of, even if and when you are fully productive and reliable. Hard work and individual productivity can and do get individually rewarded in many cases, but overall you are still entirely at the whims of your employer in an asymmetric power relationship. The entire purpose of collective bargaining and unions is to balance the power relationship.