What have they done for anyone lately?
Good point,
SZ! There has been a concerted, determined attack on pilots' unions, globally, resulting in the near demise of many of them.
One has only to look at the conditions of pilots, and the advances gained for us by strong union membership, and compare it to current times when most pilots DON'T have the PROTECTION of a union against ruthless management, to see WHY pilots' conditions are where they're at now.