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>> Unions are intended to protect workers.

> But they actually don't.

Unions protect workers as an abstract group, but consequently not all individual workers.

Lobbying for a minimum wage will induce structural unemployment: the union would rather keep some people unemployed, to maximise the combined income of the group.

In an international labour market, unions are just protectionist for some local population.

I’m sure some international socialists will disagree.