Public unions sure. 100% agree. Private unions not so much. The average union construction shitbag worker has 1000 hours of labor throughout 5 years. A good union construction worker has 1800 hours of labor a year throughout 5 years. I'm strictly generalizing here, but lets say an average wage of $30 an hour. That's a huge difference in salary. A "union" construction contractor has the ability to hire and fire (layoff, can't fire without jumping through more hoops). Reduction in force is the accepted term, even if its a bullshit excuse. Now in the public sector, teachers, LEO, mail carriers, etc, you can't RIF them. You can only pigeon hole them. They still make a wage, they are still accumulating pension, 401k, retirement hours. Private unions are way different. Its hard to kick someone out of a private union of course, but not at all hard to prevent them from working from a private contractor. Typically the only downside to working in a private union are the random drug tests which mainly catch the occasional marijuana user.