[marricks]

I think your point 1) is just a fantastic illustration of how effective companies have been at villianizing and attacking unions.

For example, Walmart could stomach some unionized workers, but they straight up close down stores in retaliation, and I bet it's not just Walmart.

Those stories then get played as "unions destroy jobs" when it's really companies are so beholden to stock holders they wont let workers get any standing to bargain.

That's just one example, union busting and breaking is a business at this point and companies pay for advice and strategies.

I get you're probably not trying to seem biased, but it just shows how deeply the US culture has turned against what seems like such a reasonable thing, workers being able to lobby together for fair treatment. Otherwise it's really just letting companies set the rules and workers being forced to play by them.