[wylde1]

I used to be, I got out of it and am now in a management position where I work with union reps every single day. I know what unions do. They represent a body of workers as "one entity" on behalf of those workers. So that the partys they are "negotiating with" only have to deal with one "person" instead of talking to each individual worker. You seem to be missing the point where they are not the ones with the money. They are asking for a chunk of someone elses money to perform a service. The person with the money (the owners in this case) don't have to negotiate if they don't like the deal.

Just because its a union doesn't mean they have magical powers that can MAKE the owners invest in them. Contrary to what your union rep might have you believe.