adrian_turtle

Back when I was working in a manufacturing environment, and there was a radio playing in the background, I remember being surprised by the prevailing narrative I was hearing over the radio (in country music, in talky ads.) It's been too long for me to remember exact wording; I just remember being surprised by the overall sense of union=menace. (Sometimes as financial corruption, sometimes as evil union organizers stalking people--decent folks have to watch out or they'll get you, sometimes just as thoughtful creative people have to be careful not to get stuck in a hopeless/meaningless/stupid union job.) Last month, I ran into some remarkable anti-union hostility, and what looked like real fear, from a woman who was on the poor side of working class, doing a job where she was exploited by her employer.

I don't think that hostility and fear comes from logical argument so much as it comes from stories. Those heartwarming songs about sticking with the union seem to be from my grandparents' time. Some of us still sing them, but they're relics. I can't think of many pro-union popular songs or stories created in my lifetime.
Click-Clack, Moo! Cows that Type, is the strongest example that came to mind.
I think the 1631 series is pro-union, though I didn't find it readable.
I don't think Bruce Springsteen lyrics really count. "For my 19th birthday, I got a union card and a wedding coat," is part of an image about giving up on dreams rather than achieving them. He's just sympathetic about feeling trapped.
There's a little pro-union sympathy off to the side in Orbital Resonance.
Are there lots of others I'm missing?