How much is your time worth to you? A union is an organization of workers who push for the best possible working conditions - who else will? The boss? The boss invented sweatshops! Unions are easy to demonize, if you don't belong to one. They brought about the 40-hour work week, overtime pay, safety laws, and more, including previously-unknown prosperity for those who punched a clock. It enabled many to move to suburbia, buy homes, and raise kids who would grow up to demonize unions.