Sounds like a bad union and in many places unions are badly run. Did people keep voting for the same ineffective union reps? I don't think about what a union c

Sounds like a bad union and in many places unions are badly run. Did people keep voting for the same ineffective union reps? I don't think about what a union can do for me personally, rather what it can do for the collective and hope that benefits me directly. I'm in a union and they have forced yearly mandatory base rate raises for all and the negotiation to be just after the company announces their yearly profit. My salary keeps going up without me doing anything and occasionally I have a performance review to increase the salary beyond the mandatory minimum rise. Fundamentally unions require either a good relationship and respect from the company; or be willing to enforce that respect via direct action. In order for that to happen the country has to have decent employment laws.