re: Unions are outdated. It is 2023 not 1923

well said.

I have had a few clients that are unionized and the union is actually helpful in weeding out bad employees. Usually, these are companies that work in a dangerous business and, for safety reasons, the union employees don't want to work around employees who are incompetent.

ETA: In the late 80's, I represented a unionized plant. The contract wages were significantly less than what was paid at other local plants (which were non-unionized). So, the plant had a poor quality labor pool. The plant manager was instrumental in getting higher contract wages because he wanted a better plant labor force.