unions?

Maybe I’m just too immature to accept the fact that other people, better than myself, have the right to push me around but I prefer to work with (or for) small businesses where, if I have a complaint, I can go directly to the owner.  The worker/contractor who has to deal with a big business rarely has access to those who make company policy.   Workers can form a union that is powerful enough to gain access to those decision makers but the union, itself, becomes another lumbering giant in pursuit of its own interests, often distinct from those of the workers who comprise it.   The labor union is an imperfect solution to a real problem and that problem is that as companies get larger, they become less responsive to the needs of the market and the society in which they are embedded.   Small businesses are dynamic, responsive to the market and a generally positive influence in their communities.   As businesses get larger, they become a force unto themselves, distorting the dynamics of a free market and creating a situation in which unions are actually better than the alternative.