I believe that Unions are going on a downward spiral, and it has to do with a buggy-whip anamoly. So many resistors to this new system. Just take a look at the Luddites, destroying new technologies that outcompeted labor. What kind of physcopath will kill the very evolutionary step towards leisure?
A lot of Unions are so focused on industrial labor that they fear mechanization. The answer is to not put your focus and energy in sectors that will be automize in a couple of decades; rather focus your attention to the factors that will bridge us to that new phase of economy--open source platforms. The more they stop resisting the inevitable, the easier they see themselves in the roles they play for future sectors.
RE: Raising The Minimum Wage Will Make You Poorer.