Well, I think they should be, but only in the public sector and not in the private sector. Unions belong to the past, especially to the 20th century. Today we find ourselves in a new type of market, where unions are no longer necessary. With the economic changes in America the nuns can no longer emancipate themselves with numbers. Let's face it, the economy is shifting towards white collar jobs. Blue collar jobs are dying because of machines. Their jobs can be replaced, but with a skilled worker his job is protected. White collar work tends to have all the benefits, wages and protection one once looks for in a job. What unions demand during collective agreements harms the growth of the economy. Wishfully, the negotiations that these unions are calling for, stop the growth of the economy and, frankly, even harm it. For example, the debate to raise the minimum wage to $15. Raising the minimum wage would hurt the business and the consumer. With higher wages, companies will have to hire fewer people just to keep profits from falling. to make matters worse, they have to increase product prices to profit from the sudden change in wages. Here, where things get complicated, unions are destroying the economy, but especially the private sector rather than the public sector. I believe unions are only relevant in the public sector because wages come from taxation rather than profit. With the public sector they run their business very differently than the private sector. With public sector employees, wages are paid through taxes. So if employees want a pay raise or more benefits, they can simply raise taxes to keep up with rising costs and prices. To make things more retrospective, the new data points to a shift away from unionized manufacturing and toward unionized services, particularly in the public sector. Unions were founded on the basis of manufacturing jobs. With more and more manufacturing jobs