> Note that Unions work very differently across different parts of the world. So your local union might be very different from ones that I've experienced. You

> Note that Unions work very differently across different parts of the world. So your local union might be very different from ones that I've experienced. You are right on this one. My experience with unions is that they want people to have a job even if that job is more efficiently done by a machine or to get salary increases even if the company is doing poorly because of outside market factors (like not enough sales due to poor economy and so on). And while the goal might be ideal, the reality is quite different.