Unionizing is a bad strategy that loses when governments captured by the elites who own the capital help those same elites squash the power of unions. When gove

Unionizing is a bad strategy that loses when governments captured by the elites who own the capital help those same elites squash the power of unions. When governments get out of the way (marginally better) or work to actively balance the power structure (much better) it's not such a losing strategy: workers' lives improve, and companies generally end up doing better.