Joining a union simply means that you and colleagues have a say ,because you negotiate important elements of employment conditions together.That could mean securing wage increase,better access to health care, workplace safety which I personally think is very important and more jobs and plants being reasonable when it relates to scheduling hours.Collective bargaining is how workers gain voice and structure there work life so todays society is very much so in need of unions"history is great teacher now everyone knows that the labor movement didn't diminish the strength of the nation but in enlarge it