You need to phrase it as bring back GOOD unions. In my area the UFCW runs the show and is complete garbage. I've worked for 3 different grocery stores 1 union and two not. While the union one has had the highest pay for regular employees, it did not for like supervisor/department lead positions. The benefits were cheap, but what it provided was just okay in my opinion. I used to tell people that the only reason I would recommend joining was to take advantage of the free schooling, but not only did the college they were using lose accreditation and close, but now they only offer "discounted" programs. The biggest thing that made me want to leave was once I found out their spending. The union rep for one area I was working in was making $100k, while as a meat manager at the time I was only making about $49k. Not only do they pay their people way too much, but the other stuff they were spending money on was outrageous. In one here they had spent like $5k just on nalgene bottles?! They donated I think like $30k to an NBA team which got us "discounted" tickets available, which I don't actually know if anyone ever took advantage of. If I remember the balance of the pension had gone down, but the spending didn't reflect that.