[joemi]

> The idea that unions are inherently, universally good is just as silly as the idea that unions are inherently, universally bad.

This is something I think a lot of idealistically pro-union people don't understand, at least in the college/grad school circles I've discussed it with. The concept of a union is good, sure. But unions themselves are businesses, and it's their business to be needed and to convince people to join and pay dues.