Your intelligence in inherently flawed. You really have no idea what you're actually talking about, do you? Unions, like corporations or political parties, aren't evil or greedy by design. It's how they're used that makes them evil or good. The big auto workers' union is corrupt and greedy now, yes. But that doesn't mean all unions are. My brother is in a union. They don't strike every couple of months for raises. But they do keep his boss from telling him to work a twelve hour shift on his day off with no overtime or lose his job. My cousin's husband is a firefighter in a union. Why? Because if a little kid runs out in front of his fire truck he's driving before he can stop it, the city is going to throw him under the bus instead of prolonging a PR nightmare. The union provides him with lawyers to defend him and show that he wasn't at fault and undeserving of termination.
I'll not bother arguing the value you see in unions and simply ask how these examples would help me. All these resources you point out are provided by unions. But what if I'm more squared away than my co-workers and I get my own lawyers and contracts that cover my ass in the event that my employer makes what I find to be an unreasonable demand? Why should I not be allowed to use these resources I've amassed rather than be forced to pool my resources into a collective mass amidst my workplace that pressures me to be apart of their hivemind?
I still remember when I was 17 and I wanted to get a job bagging groceries. Unfortunately, I was too young for a union sponsored workman's license (even though federal law said I was of age) and chances are I wouldn't get one even when I was old enough since I didn't have a family. And this isn't mentioning the fact that if I were to get the job, I'd be forced to work under the union contract and put money towards it.
