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Exactly. I don't get why libertarians dislike unions.

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1. Their philosphies are ultimately destructive. Schemes that are designed to minimize the amount of actual prodution per unit of work don't help anybody except the workers. Such practices create greater costs to consumers so that the union workers get more wages for less work.

2. They have been in many cases decidedly not a free market phenomenon. When a union beats up "scabs" so that consumers can't get their products that's not free market behaviour.

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I don't agree that unions are ultimately destructive. I can only speak from the perspective of the Entertainment Industry, but I can say that the Unions help the industry. (I'm speaking of the unions of the crews, teamsters, etc.)

That's not to say that there aren't many outrageous demands.. but for many shows the companies I've worked with WANT to work with unions. The trade unions are dependably efficient. When a production hires certain unions, they expect a certain level of quality.

(this doesn't apply to all unions... I'm merely suggesting that some unions can benefit the companies and the workers)