it's partially because while a good number of unions have legit benefits, a lot of the entry level jobs to places that have a union only really screw you.
I had a summer job once that had a union I was required to join. I was a part time high school worker, and the union fee was something like $75 per month.
I got to earn exactly ten cents over minimum wage before Union fees (so i think it was $5.25 an hour), saw no benefit from the union as it basically only protected long term employees, and ultimately I made like 35% less than minimum wage at the job after the fees (and had to pay for my uniform out of my first paycheck, which lead to me getting like a $25 paycheck for 20 hours of work the first paycheck, and yet when I quit they demanded my uniform back with no money returned to me)
that soured me on unions in general for a long time. I understand they can be quite useful to a lot of jobs, but a good number of them are just about making the union the most money as possible as well regardless if the employees get any real benefit from them.
I had a summer job once that had a union I was required to join. I was a part time high school worker, and the union fee was something like $75 per month.
I got to earn exactly ten cents over minimum wage before Union fees (so i think it was $5.25 an hour), saw no benefit from the union as it basically only protected long term employees, and ultimately I made like 35% less than minimum wage at the job after the fees (and had to pay for my uniform out of my first paycheck, which lead to me getting like a $25 paycheck for 20 hours of work the first paycheck, and yet when I quit they demanded my uniform back with no money returned to me)
that soured me on unions in general for a long time. I understand they can be quite useful to a lot of jobs, but a good number of them are just about making the union the most money as possible as well regardless if the employees get any real benefit from them.