UNIONS are the only way average people have to improve their lives!
That and voting policy over flash.
Unions are necessary when the employees are not also the owners.
Do not confuse employee ownership with socialism. Employee owners are capitalists; they share profits and losses.
I am a passionate believer in the need for unions. Unfortunately, i was trapped in a union whose upper echelon was corrupt and in bed with the companies from which they were meant to protect us.