# The Decline of Unions is your Problem too

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**Created:** [February 4, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-of-unions-is-your-problem-too/649319 "2013-02-04T17:01:40Z")\
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> [@Which TV Wife/Husband would you like as a mate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-wife-husband-would-you-like-as-a-mate/79864/61):
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> False dilemma. We aren’t discussing a situation of “no benefits”; we are discussing one of “excessive expensive benefits benefits”, which, as you correctly point out, were demanded by the unions.
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> Non-union jobs also provide health care insurance, as I am sure you are aware.
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> Regards,  
> Shodan

I’m not sure where you’re going with this. Yes, unionized and non-unionized industries both provide health care. But where does the article say union benefits are excessive? Is there any evidence to suggest that unions usually result in higher benefits costs than in companies without them? Now, they may be excessive to the extent that health care costs in this country are simply high in the first place, but what does this have to to with unions _per se_?

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