I think unions in principle are fine, but some of the legal protections they enjoy are not.
I personally think that if unions can require a worker to join in order to work somewhere (and they can), then employers should be able to ban employees from being union members if they want employment.
I also think that a lot of the trouble with unions happens when the government intervenes in strikes in nonessential industries - as with the case in San Francisco with the hotel strike. Who is the mayor to threaten that the city will provide "less than four star service" to the hotel's if they dont' bow to his wishes?
Overall, unions are fine so long as the government affords them no special protections at all and doesn't try to take their side in disputes, as happens all too often.
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