Necessary Evil

Unions are an unfortunate reality in today's world. They're expensive and inefficient. After all, every union member pays for a superstructure - advocates & lobbyists - that takes a bite straight from the paycheck. Contracts also strictly limit the interactions between management and worker, often preventing efficiency in the name of jobs, adding costs to the employer.

Oftentimes they also foster an 'us against them' mentality of worker vs. management when it would be more effective to have a 'both of us against the competition' attitude.

That being said, stories like this really turn my stomach. As I said, unions are an unfortunate, but still necessary, evil today. If companies would only stop "illegally intimidating, firing, threatening and spying on workers", the union movement would simply dissolve

Such corporate behaviors are simply shortsighted. Happy and healthy workers are productive. Scared and angry employees are likely to turn on their bosses.

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