union shops bring up the wages of non-union shops that do similar work in their area, that is a benefit to those in non-union shops, and as a whole, thanks to unions, benefits are better for everyone.
i know many here , the hardcore 'conservatives' are happy with the way wisconsin turned out, but rest assured, that battle isnt over by a longshot...why are those hardcore 'conservatives' happy with what happened? because they see it as a crippling blow to the democrats, that will hurt them financially come the next election. if these 'conservatives' were honest in public, they would admit that what walker did was union busting, and had very precious little to do with 'balancing the budget' as walker claimed...listen to the phone call he had with the supposed koch brother...this wasnt about the budget, sorry, it wasnt.... i've also read on this forum that these wisconsin union members have 'state protections' and don't need unions....with the unions out of the way, who enforces these 'protections'? protections are no good with no one to enforce them, and are we honestly going to argue that those who are elected to do the business of Big Business really give a rat's ass about 'employee protections'?? enforcing these 'employee rights' takes money, it takes organization, it takes lawyers...very few people on their own can afford a protracted legal fight. This is one of the main purposes of unions, to enforce 'employee rights'. with unions out of the way, these rights and protections start dissapearing.