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by specialist 2516 days ago
It comes down to information asymmetry and mitigating free-riders. This seminal 1965 book explains the necessity of unions in game theoretic terms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Logic_of_Collective_Action

As for particular criticisms of any particular org (unions, corporations, government, whomever), the evergreen all purpose prescription is to increase transparency, responsibility, and accountability. What's going on, how are decisions made, who gets the blame.

Everything else is just rhetoric (partisan squabbling).