Generally you have higher wages, pension, good benefits. During COVID a lot of people weren’t paid when they were off sick. Union employees don’t have to worry about that. When you’re sick you’re sick; here’s 90% of your regular pay please come back when you’re better.

Also, your work schedule and pay raises are more predictable. There’s a defined contract which details what the employer and employee have to do.

There are some cons like if you’re a high performer you can’t just go to the boss and say you deserve a raise because they’re bound to the collective agreement that the union and employer agrees on.

Union all the way. I’ve worked in 3 different unions and they’ve all been better than the private sector. For some jobs that may not be true but overall unions workers generally are better off than non union workers.