The COVID-19 pandemic

[Bjays93]

I certainly like things like unions. They have their faults to be sure, but those are the same faults that any organization has, and they are in general working to try to benefit groups which traditionally have less representation.

Yes, basically. But you do get distortions where the unions may go overboard to protect small groups of members, to the detriment of either the wider society, or the rest of their members. For example ...

• Nurses' union opposing vaccination requirements
  
• Some teachers' unions opposing merit-based promotions
  
• Some police unions opposing body cameras or legal responsibility for illegal actions
  
• NHL players' union opposing stronger discipline for violence
  

I may be cherry-picking here, but I don't think the unions represent the majority of their membership in any of the above cases.

Dont get me started on the NHL players union, the reffing unions or the DoPS. I have been fuming all playoffs and especially after last night and game 3