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"So while it is understandable that the average person who is not in a union sees the topic of “union organizing” as some esoteric niche unrelated to them, that is not the case. " - really important point.

Having recently written about the economic research on this topic, unionization has major spill-over effects that impact outcomes of non-unionized. Over 20% of the increase in inequality can be attributed to spill-over effect of lowering unionization rates (another 20% is the direct effect of lower unionization rates).

https://www.nominalnews.com/p/unions-strike-action-and-the-economy

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