How is that any different than union or right to work state laws?
You mean in wielding (buying) power and influence in state and federal government? No different, really, but unions are constitutionally sanctioned entities (freedom of assembly/association). They have the right to petition the government for redress of grievances by virtue of that fact, but they DON'T have the right to be granted all the special "legal" considerations when airing their grievances, or when bargaining with an employer.
That the rules and regs of collective bargaining are heavily weighted in favor of organized labor and against businesses and corporations ain't right, but their enactment over the years demonstrates very clearly the "power and influence" of organized labor. Didn't the SCOTUS rule, several years ago, that "corporations are people, too"? Why aren't they given equal standing when going into any negotiations with labor?
Back in the salad days, the big three auto makers were doing so well they found it more convenient to cave in to union demands than to stand up to them. That coupled with competition from the Japanese about put 'em under.
I fear the same thing will happen at the states' and quite possibly the federal level. Government employees' unions' and teachers' unions' demands, for higher pay, better benefits, and exorbitant pension bennies, are usually given into without a fight by the PTB, only to keep the "civil servants" assuaged and voting the right way. We peons can petition the government with our grievances concerning this outrage, but barring any "power and influence" (read "money") to back 'em up, it's like fartin' in the wind.
I remember my dad saying, many years ago, that between insurance and taxes (i.e. local property taxes, the main source of revenue to pay "for the children's" education), the little guy would eventually be unable to afford the property needed to farm. Damned if he wasn't prescient in that. But I think insurance and taxes, at all levels, and, yes, even unions too, especially government employees' unions and the NEA, are gonna put a whole lot more people out of business than just the small farmer. As I understand it, Illinois is about to go bust for these very reasons.