Some folks will never do the footwork involved to learn how unions work and how legislation has turned the pr against unions. At one point in time, unions and management worked together to make sure a corporation didn't walk all over their workers. It was at one point (and still is and should be) a responsibility of the working man to make sure his company was on the up and up. Now it's an us vs. them mentality. The US as a country can't compete with other countries on prices and wages since we have very little foreign tariffs to protect our jobs. We then have NAFTA that encourages companies to make as much profit as possible. One of the easiest and most effective ways to do that is to outsource. The unions didn't cause these legislations to happen. They fought against them. Granted, some unions have gone overboard. People should be paid what their worth. At UPS we kill our bodies and we are the face of the company (as drivers anyway) so we get paid well, but not outrageously. It can't climb though...it should keep up with real inflation, but there's no excuse to make much more than we do now. UPS will continue to profit until we can "beam me up Scotty" our packages and make us obsolete. Unions are a good thing in some industries. UPS used to focus on service and quality. That set us apart from the crowd. It's not so much like that anymore.