Stuart bCreque/b says: May 22, 2009 at 6:11 pm. mike, I'd tell you that a union man wouldn't buy a product or service from a non-union company unless he had no other choice. A union man would take the position that ?the union label? means a ... Fringe benefits, improved workplace safety, overtime pay, paid bvacations/b, the end to child labor, protection against many arbitrary actions by employers, and dozens of other things that were commonplace when all employers had to live ...