Wikileaks? Are you for or against what they are doing?

[El Kabong]

Miles, I think Unions treat the average joe worse than the government for example if you want to work at a certain factory you HAVE to be Union, and to be a Union member you have to pay dues and where do those dues go? What do they pay for? And what does the low man on the totem pole get out of being a Union member other than being able to seriously fuck up his job yet stay employed because he's in a Union?

[Gandalf]

Miles, I think Unions treat the average joe worse than the government for example if you want to work at a certain factory you HAVE to be Union, and to be a Union member you have to pay dues and where do those dues go? What do they pay for? And what does the low man on the totem pole get out of being a Union member other than being able to seriously fuck up his job yet stay employed because he's in a Union?

I cannot really comment without knowing the specifics of this particular union. My perception of unions is definitely quite different to your one. However, a union should be no different to any other democratic organisation. You pay your dues therefore your vote on significant issues should matter. That is infinitely preferable to working without a union IMO as basically you are just treated how the elite want to treat you. You have no bargaining power short of quitting. Just because he is low on the totem pole shouldn't eradicate his voting power, he is after all paying his dues. Joining a union should defintely be optional though.