companies wants to keep me, they will pay to keep me. I think unions had a purpose decades ago due to employee safety issues, not so much anymore. I will also add, my job isn't a factory line, do this with a widget all day every day, kind of job. Those jobs, where there isn't a good way to differentiate high-performing employees, they may make sense... I agree with Jakers though, at this point, I think they add unnecessary costs to the production cost.