I remember working at the ship-yard. I see a crane rigger sitting on his toolbox. I ask him what is up.
"This door needs to be taken off its hinges so I can get this electronics cabinette through and off the boat"
"So take it off."
"Oh, no, that is the Tin Knocker shop. I cannot cross lines like that"
"ok, go grab a cup of coffee in the crews mess, I will watch for the Tin Knocker"
"thanks man"
I open his tool box and use a screw driver to pop the pins on the hinges and remove the door....
The Tin Knocker assigned never did show up and that guy would have sat there all night making $60/hr, but nothing would have gotten done. That kind of thing closes businesses and then no one has a job.
Places where there are safety issues that no one else deals with, fire fighters for example, they can have a union to ensure the dept buys safety equipment. But state bargaining units for state employees and UAW that stuff, no reason.
I would like to form a bargaining unit to compete with the state employee's BU. I wonder if I could sue them for monopoly?