> Unions force companies to only hire union members, and freeze out everyone else. This is due to American laws not protecting workers from unions. This isn't

> Unions force companies to only hire union members, and freeze out everyone else. This is due to American laws not protecting workers from unions. This isn't the case in for example EU. > Quite simply unions could not exist without government backing. They can and they did exist without government backing. Union laws in most countries are to weaken unions since they are too strong otherwise, not to give them more power. For example unions forcing exclusivity is due to lack of laws protecting workers from unions.