I have family members that are small business and are non-union, they pay better than Union shops and provide better benefits. The one family member that voted for Obama realized that he was locked out of bidding on jobs from the stimulus money because he runs a non-union shop, he won't be voting for Obama again.
Unions were good back in the 30's, 40's and 50's, but now all I see is alot of fat at the top level and little at the bottom. I have one family member who is union and their company was in charge of wiring a military barrack, some union hacks went in at night and cut the wiring so short that they had to go back in a rewire the entire complex. My family member was furious, he had an idea who did this, but no proof. The only reason the Union hacks did this, was to extend the job. That's tax payer money that paid for that. Since then, I have lost all respect for unions and don't think that they are needed in this day and age.