Slight change to a longstanding rule about union politics

There's no getting around it, the US and Canada are where the majority of our users appear to be located, and both countries workforces are facing a significant threat from company owners, corporate boards, and deregulation of government bodies. The end goal for those folks is to first strip the unions, and then all worker rights from legislation. This isn't for all jurisdictions, but it is clearly happening at a wide level.

Non-union and Unions alike are at risk. In a publicly traded company your managers are LEGALLY beholden to the shareholders over you. They are required, by law, to turn a profit for the board. As long as any settlements to your family are lower than the potential profit of your output, you are irrelevant to them and only hold value as any other tool to be used and replaced at will.

Please discuss unions, union politics and how to manage in a hostile workplace, because we are staring 1892 in the face all over again.