Most unions were created in the industrial era because there was a great need at the time. Workers long toiled under very unsafe conditions, earning extremely low pay and enjoying little to no legal protections. Unions have served workers by improving working conditions and helping workers avoid being exploited by employers. (Maranijan, 2014). I do believe that Unions have both a positive and a negative effect on the workforce. I am currently not a member of the Union at my job, because I fall under the category of workers as “not qualified”. I work in the administrative part of my company and there are rules that warrant any staff that has access to confidential information, is not allowed to join the union. I still reap some of the