Great Kingcap, so you speak some Dutch too...
I ll keep it in English for the others
No, the unions are not just another part of management. They represent the stakeholders called employees.
Point is, the time when unions could get away with a single minded look at any issue without looking beyong the (short term) gains for the members is long gone.
Within the social context of modern society their demands and negotiations should be taking into account the market the company operates in, the health of the company and the sustainability and consequences of the demands.
Anything less is no longer of this time. We are well past th capitalist extortionists and socialist workers.....
BTW I would expect nothing less also from management and shareholders. You ll see in my previous posts I am not an Alitalia pilot basher