Here’s how I think about it — There’s a value X that’s the absolute minimum you would work for, any less and you quit today. There’s a value Y that’s the abso

Here’s how I think about it — There’s a value X that’s the absolute minimum you would work for, any less and you quit today. There’s a value Y that’s the absolute maximum I would pay you, any penny more and I fire you immediately. Y - X is up for grabs, and there are zero moral proscriptions I would give to any allocation of this between employee and employer. Each and every aspect of the employee-employer relationship is advantaged already in favor of the employer (resource disparity, implicit solidarity from company structure, regulations). Unions tend to reduce my share of Y-X. If I was a laborer, I’d prefer a union. E: I’ve seen unions that are counter examples to each of your complaints so not really interesting to me to think too much about your own personal experience with unions.