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You say “us vs them” like it’s at all inaccurate. Owners have every incentive to make their employees work more for less. Unions just balance that power dynamic.

it is very unfortunate that owners have such an incentive. they shoudn't. in germany for example, much of what the unions have fought for eventually became law, giving the same benefits to everyone, and not just union members, making the unions less important.

the problem really is the adverserial nature of the relationship. a cooperative relationship between employees (with or without unions) and employers would be beneficial to every one.

That's not an issue if the competitor's workers are in the same union and are fighting for the same collective agreement.

Please go work in an Amazon Warehouse for some amount of time and let us know your feelings then.