Don't get me wrong.  I don't begrudge ANYone's right to collectively bargain.  Really.  To me, I just personally feel that I worked for the money, why should a union have a cut?  Has anyone ever figured out what the percentages of dues paid out from paychecks and the corresponding increase in paychecks and then the shocking increase in dues to the union and whether the 3% or 4% increase in pay translated to a 3% or 4% deduction of dues from the pay raises?  Then the democrat party gets support from the unions, then the democrat party crafts legislation protecting the unions, which guarantees unionized workers jobs, where year after year the union collects dues, then supports the democrat party....etc., etc.  It's a circle.  The article was about minimum wages, though.  My comment was directed at THAT boneheaded thinking.  Not unionization.  Biz does biz for profits.  No biz, no payroll.  No payroll, no jobs.  Just makes sense to me.  I will now go back to sleep.