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Please explain why they are a tumor?

Seriously, I’m interested to know why you think that. I am a member of a union and without it I would be significantly less well off. Am I a bad person because I want to be treated like a human instead of a replaceable cog in a machine?

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It adds more risk if people collectively decided to stop working and becomes a headache. It is also less efficient in that you will have to spend more on compensation for people who otherwise would work for less.

>Am I a bad person because I want to be treated like a human instead of a replaceable cog in a machine?

No, but having replacables cogs lowers the risk for businesses.

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