Unions are a double edged sword. On one hand they do protect workers from abuse. On the other hand, they wield enormous power, and some workers who should be fired, aren't.

While the union I'm in while working for a certain brown company is okay-ish, there are certainly flaws with it. The above article is probably going to affect my work in some way or another, and it's an example of the negative side of unions that doesn't get discussed enough.

It's nothing compared to how corrupt teacher and police unions are though. In addition to all of the downsides of unions, they're funded by the taxpayers.