I used to work for Circuit City back in the day. A few people mentioned unions and the company immediately deployed a union busting strike force to our store. As a high school student, I just thought it was funny at the time and used it to my advantage. They made a group of us watch an anti-union video similar to this and then asked us if we had any questions. I raised my hand and said, “I’ve been trying to get a referral bonus for getting my friend hired for the last few months but still haven’t gotten paid out, would a union help me here?”

They were like “oh no, a union wouldn’t help, they’d just take a piece of your bonus. We’ll get that fixed right away.” And sure enough, I got the bonus on my next check.