Looks like you have an agenda by starting multiple threads bashing the union. Are you self employed, a paid union buster, or a scab?
I don't know who you work(ed) for but it doesn't matter *YOU* benefitted from the unions existence. Just as you are paid more, with more benefits than you otherwsie would have gotten, if you have enough years let to work you will suffer along with the unions decline. (Being self employed is a different story).