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And some of the criticisms are definitely true, such as Dutch unions repeatedly taking the side of their old members over that of (future) young members.
But yeah, also plenty of people who think they don't need a union because they are in a high-demand job and can't imagine that ever changing.
(btw: in the Netherlands union-membership is individual, thus every mid&large-sized company has some union-members and most sectors use collective bargaining agreements)