Angela: just aside for all the benefits the union won for you - such as the 40-hour week and the same wage as a man working the same job, the anti-union attitude is bringing back all the bad things the unions won.  Most state unions got years of raises either zero or one half of inflation or worse - meaning their wages went down due to inflation. No health insurance and retirement are gone or going by the wayside. I'd accept "you" getting a free ride if you would agree to get none the benefits and no union representation when you have a problem with the employer.  Yeah, i lived in Detroit and Chicago, where the biggest unions were thoroughly corrupt - and so were the politicians.  Those laws to prevent discrimination?  They are disappearing, and a lot of politicians are promising to get rid of more of them.  They harm progress and productivity (read "profits").