content: Unions in and of themselves are fine, and workers are entitled to their right to freely associate.  Negotiations between bosses and workers are key to a productive business environment.    The unions do need to be reined in, though.  Elements of modern unions such as closed shops, protection of incompetent employees, corruption and graft show how unions have stopped being about advocating for workers and started being about getting one over on the job-creators and monopolizing the labor market.  And the government needs to stop swooping in to save the day with more crony special-interest laws every time the unions overprice their labor.