Trade unions are devastating to the people they're supposedly working for. I know here in Ontario, in the middle of a recession the Teacher's Union was fighting like hell to get a strike going in the midst of the government funding reeducation programs for the recently laid off. It was stupid, most of the teachers were worried about supporting themselves because the college and university association wasn't budging.
Unions make themselves relevant by always pushing for a strike. If a union doesn't strike, people stop caring about going union in trades where it isn't mandatory. The careers where unionization is essentially mandatory should be seriously be overhauled (IIRC crane operators is one here where unionization is mandatory).
Unions make themselves relevant by always pushing for a strike. If a union doesn't strike, people stop caring about going union in trades where it isn't mandatory. The careers where unionization is essentially mandatory should be seriously be overhauled (IIRC crane operators is one here where unionization is mandatory).