I don't have too much "good" to say about the unions either. First got involved in my late teens when I was told "join or you will not get a paying gig anywhere within 200 miles of this town". So I joined. Then I learned how it worked.... union "good old boys" got paid from our dues to play their home organs once or twice a week in their backyards. And every year, the same 3 "leaders" put their cars and families on the autotrain for an all expenses paid trip for a week in FL. Oh the good old days... hmmmm.