Why do Republicans hate labor unions?

[nonconformist]

It's quite obvious why the wealthy CEO's hate them, because they force accountability and living wages.

But why the hell does Joe Schmo hate them? I've never understood it.

Recently, a local company fought and won against unionization and most of the employees are thrilled because they were threatened with a 10% pay cut plus the price of union fees. BUT those workers would have had more job security, better benefits and safer working conditions. It's like people can't see the larger picture, that sometimes you have to give a little to make things better for all. Would you rather make $20/hr with no health insurance and very little job security or make $18/hr and have medical, dental, optical and someone fighting for you to keep your job? You'd think most would chose the latter, but that's not the case.

I suppose this is a problem with society in general, nobody seems to want to sacrifice anything anymore for the greater good.

But I'm curious... what is the main driving argument against unions? I see corruption within the unions is often mentioned, but are people so naive they don't see that corruption is rampant WITHIN the corporations as well and unions help keep that in check?

I think about this a lot because I was raised in a strong union supporting family and my stepfather is a UAW committeeman. Now I live in the infamous "bloody Harlan" Kentucky, where people laid their lives on the line to stop the scabs and unionize the coal mines... and it's so depressing because most aren't unionized anymore. If you have ever seen the excellent documentary "Harlan County, USA" it's heartwrenching to know that all their work ended up for naught.

My great-grandmother, who participated in human chains to stop scabs from taking those mining jobs used to love the old adage, "if you don't stand for something you stand for nothing". Indeed.