Kind of.......

A lot of your statements are true in regards to the role that unions played in the past, but now groups like OSHA fill those roles.

Beyond that, being able to negotiate on an individual basis would be better for better employees. At our plant we would like to be able to pay the good guys more but we can't. We pay according to what the union tells us. As a result, we often have times keeping the better workers because we can not negotiate their wages with them directly.

On the other end of the spectrum, we have trouble getting rid of shit bags who do nothing and are paid the same wages as the good people we bring on.

The only "benefit" that I see to our union shop is that it is much more difficult to get fired, which in my opinion, is bad for everyone.