It's pretty easy to see what industrial work is like without unions. Look at third world factories. Do you think US working class life would be what it is without unions? Lot of US manufacturers move their work to cheaper non-unionized labor markets the first chance they get.

The problem is inherent within capitalism and whatever problems that unions bring with them don't arise out of the blue. They arise because the class interests of workers and owners are different. It's easy for the owning class to unite since they are relatively few in number. Workers require much more organization and coordination to resist the power of the owners.

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