the idea of “if a workplace is good to its workers then they wouldn’t need a union” has got things the wrong way around. if a hypothetical workplace already treats its workers right & cares about them then it would have no reason to oppose workers unionizing because a union isn’t threatening unless you’re abusing your workers :)
I’ve heard of several cases of good workplaces unionizing. None of them made the news because there was no real conflict. The workers say, “Hey, we’re unionizing,” the boss says, “Okay. Let us know when you’re done organizing.” And that’s about it. It actually simplified things a bit for the management because some of the things HR was doing were taken over by the union. Since they weren’t actively trying to exploit the workers, business just went on like usual. Boring as hell.
