The best time to form a union is when things are going well at a company. It’s easier to use your union to solidify existing benefits than to ask for new ones.

The best time to form a union is when things are going well at a company. It’s easier to use your union to solidify existing benefits than to ask for new ones. You unionize in the good times so you’re protected in the bad times. (Not saying that’s what happened here, just saying you cannot really judge what unionization means from the outside) As for why that’s a good thing in general, that depends on how you feel about unions. If I have the choice between union made goods and non-union made goods, I buy the union made goods. So I’m always happy to see a company unionize.