I think the deciding factor is that we live in a society of individuals all making self interested decisions. We’re obviously predominantly pro union due to our occupation. People in other union dominated fields feel the same way. Others look at unions as evil organizations demanding more pay for less work. The head of the teachers union is one who is viewed negatively by many as focusing on dues paying teachers while parents focus on the quality of the education that their kids receive. I live around and associate with predominantly lower to middle income people who are either self employed with small businesses or hourly workers such as mechanics/ranch hands/construction, etc. They are very anti-union. The typical story line that I hear is that they don’t want some union boss telling them when they can work, how much they can charge for their labor, what they must pay their employees, or under what conditions they agree to work under. They want to be free from as much government and union involvement as possible in all aspects of their lives. Without exception they seemed baffled that we would ever accept a union order to walk off the job.