For my week 2 discussion board, I will discuss the union, how it works, and why people join them. The Labor Union is an association that consists of employees with common interest of fighting for better wages, reasonable hours, safer working conditions and protection from economic and legal exploitation. The Union also fights better health benefits and aid to workers who are injured or retired. Some of the reasons why employees join the Union is because they feel like they are being treated unfairly, have substandard working conditions, and is unhappy with how the company respond to their concerns and ideas. Other reasons include the employees thinking that what the Union does for them values more than what they must pay for services and them