> Unions have their faults (e.g. bureaucracy) Corruption, protecting shit employees from being fired, seniority preference over merit, politics, wage caps for

> Unions have their faults (e.g. bureaucracy) Corruption, protecting shit employees from being fired, seniority preference over merit, politics, wage caps for individual contributors (not just wage floors), dues, inefficient administrative overhead, to name a few others. For a lot of workers, especially knowledge workers and pro services, the value proposition doesn’t make sense. Companies fight unions for the efficiency of the machine, which may or may not benefit employees (depends on context, right?). Employees fight unions because the value prop looks like shit in many cases - at best a bargain with the devil - circumstances need to be pretty bad to make the deal, or the union needs to have captured the right to work (at company or industry) already. I say all this as someone with a small union pension waiting for me and as someone who managed union employees. I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly with unions.