I've always been ambivalent about unions, even when I was a union employee. I can see that we need them at times to protect workers from bad employers, but they also can make some work situations unbearable.
When I bacame disabled, and was getting SSI, I tried to also get my union disability beneifts. They denied it numerous times, my mistake was not getting an attourney. Food & commercial workers union in Seattle, 1105, sucks. The administrative arm of that, Zenith Administrators, also sucks. This organization is a sad joke.
My father is an electrician and union member, IBEW. He gets great benefits and retirement. But again, alot of the job sites can become unbearable with all the politicas and 'fleas'. It is this mentality that goes against any kind of reason that pisses me off.