[chc]

That's why I said only some specific unions are this way, not all of them. The GM workers are one example. Yes, their corporate masters were overly well-compensated as well, but that cost was at least limited to only a few people whose ranks weren't likely to grow.

At any rate, I think government employee unions are a bigger problem. Corporations are more capable of standing up for themselves (as you say, sometimes too capable) than a government hobbled by political machinery.