Originally Posted by UCrewX5

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Everyone has their own opinions on this. Personally, I think that the Unions played an important role during the U.S. industrial revolution. Factory conditions, pay and benefits were substandard and workers were probably being taken advantage of. However, in this day and age I'm not as convinced that their importance as a "check and balance" to management is as necessary as it once was.