I disagree. Just look at why we like unions. Sure a lot of workers want more money but they are almost powerless when they don't organize as a union. Closing ranks doesn't get you higher wages being, in a union does. Collective bargaining collective power.
It's the same thing with the unions protecting bad behavior. Without the union it would be far far better.
Agree. I also think people need to understand why and where "unions are always evil" comes from.
Being younger, I never quite understood unions. I always thought they were evil. And you know why? Because big corporations tell you they are evil. It is in the interest of all big corporations, and that includes media, to tell you unions are evil.
Now, being older, I understand unions do a lot for the little guys. This doesn't mean some unions aren't too powerful in their respective fields. Police unions definitely shield the bad apples too much. It's one thing to fight for more benefits which I fully support, but it's another to gain contracts that have become detrimental to society in general. In a more light-hearted instance, the union that governs umpires in baseball is way too powerful. Some umps are egotistical jackasses (Angel Hernandez) who can barely do their job, but the umpire union protects them and they can't even be fired for being shitty. That's unions protecting their members to the detriment of their very industry.
Unions do fight for the benefits of the working class. The missus works a job with a strong multi-state union. If it wasn't a union job, she'd be making maybe 1/2 to a max of 3/5ths of what she makes now. She would have no medical benefits. She would have no increase in vacation time for number of years worked. She would have no sick day benefits. She would have no retirement benefits.
There was actually an incidence of job creep, at first due to some older employees being out, and other situations. Some employees were out sick, and others left the job due to the pandemic and never came back. They're short-handed at work. My wife complained to the manager, but they assured her it was temporary, and would clear up when they hired more workers. So after a few months, she told the union. And her duties were reduced back to what the original job called for. She did try to be understanding and worked through it to give management time to resolve the issue. But when that doesn't work, as it often doesn't, she had a union that helped her fix the issue.