I generally support unions. If a union cares about workers and makes sure they get a fair wage, I'm all for it. Nurse unions? Love you. UAW? Ditto. However, pr

I generally support unions. If a union cares about workers and makes sure they get a fair wage, I'm all for it. Nurse unions? Love you. UAW? Ditto. However, pretty much all maritime unions are just corrupt racketeers that need to be disbanded. For example, their union membership is closed, there is a literal lottery conducted when they have openings for apprenticeship. However, the members can give their position to their children upon retiring. This is not a labor organization. This is a literal mafia. Edit: and even with that, I don't really have issues if the union represents people who love their work and give it their all. But the US union ports are all at the bottom of the The Container Port Performance Index. And it's not even close when compared to the ultra-capitalist no-social-safety-net hellscape of... Europe? https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099060324114539683/pdf/P17583313892300871be641a5ea7b90e0e6.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/0990603241145396...