However, in my personal experience, when unions reach a ‘certain’ size, their ‘leadership’ (behave like the ‘Democratic leadership’ and) becomes far too cozy with ‘management’ and will not aggressively ‘fight’ for members’
genuine needs.

If we wish to discuss ‘history,’ then let us be honest; during the last fifty years few big unions have supported needful social change, whether civil rights, ending deceitful wars or supporting human rights generally -
have unions spoken about ‘torture,’ the rigging of elections, environmental degradation, the death penalty etc?

Who has abandoned whom?

And, quite frankly, isn’t the Writer’s Union a wee bit esoteric to serve as a general ‘example”?

In our society writers generally, whether union or not, receive very short shrift. Many commenting here might well be able to verify this assertion.

The most ’successful’ union in recent years represents baseball players
(whom we all know are underpaid and unappreciated). How do you like them steriods?

Having said this however, the role that unions could play in helping to make this a better, more just and humane world is not unlike the role that Congress could play. Methinks the greatest challenge facing both unions and that august body is the same: the sort of people attracted to ‘leadership’ leave ’something’ to be desired, call it ‘courage’ or call it ‘vision’; its lack is painful, costly and potentially disastrous.

Unions corrected that, thus it became near impossible to fire really bad teachers who should not have been hired in the first place. The pendulum swong the opposite direction and lazy teachers sat on their a– doing nothing.

It seems to me that throwing the baby out with the bath water s not the colution. Union reforms are necessary.

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Still, I wouldn’t throw out the baby with the bath water (pardon me).

There has been problems on both sides of the table regarding management and unions implementing an effective strategy to address the issue you submitted.

Perhaps you are playing the “devil’s advocate” or you don’t really think unions are an effective tool.

I believe in Utah if you work there you can be fired without any specific cause, rhyme, or reason has to be brought up. (Right to Work State). So, if you don’t have a union to back you up it’s basically “Sayonara, it’s been swell, don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out”.