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I always get a kick out of hearing the argument that unions negotiate good pay and benefits that you wouldn't get without them. Pay and benefits like anything else is driven by demand for those skills in the market place. I have never been in a union and have always had pay and benefits that were equal to or outpaced similar union environments. Unions make things to restrictive and eventually cause union companies to become non competitive. Look at what happened to the automobile industry when imports started to outsell domestic. It wasn't until the unions conceded many of thier benefits that the American auto industry became competitive again. Labor laws, available to all employees govern what the union is able to do and not do. The unions tell you they defend your rights and will fight for you. All they are doing is mediating with a state labor board that you can do yourself and get the same results, minus the union dues you pay your union, and the mob.