It's a pretty rare company that wants unions. If you are running a business, you don't want to be forced into paying above-market wages, or to have disciplinary measures blocked for certain classes of employees [1], or to effectively pay protection money to a new set of bosses in an outside organization. It's really just losses all the way down. That any company would resist this should not be shocking.
Obviously, a typical guy working in a warehouse would be smart to vote for unionization, because why wouldn't he want more money and a lower probability of being fired? The chance of the place completely shuttering in the future is, for him, the big risk. (This is why public employee unions are the big survivors--the shuttering never happens.)
But I'll tell you, actually working with unions will put a stink on the whole concept. It seems like most people have a "unions=good" presumption and derive all their other views from that.
[1] That is, if an employee would normally be fired for incompetence or misconduct, a strong union would typically prevent it.
Obviously, a typical guy working in a warehouse would be smart to vote for unionization, because why wouldn't he want more money and a lower probability of being fired? The chance of the place completely shuttering in the future is, for him, the big risk. (This is why public employee unions are the big survivors--the shuttering never happens.)
But I'll tell you, actually working with unions will put a stink on the whole concept. It seems like most people have a "unions=good" presumption and derive all their other views from that.
[1] That is, if an employee would normally be fired for incompetence or misconduct, a strong union would typically prevent it.