Unions are teams of individuals coming together to guarantee workers the things you care about like decent wages, affordable health care, job security, safe and respectful workplaces, and fair scheduling. Unions represent employees in a given workplace as a collective unit, negotiating with management to set fair standards for the whole. Unions ensure that if a personal or collective problem arises at work, that there are processes in place to address and resolve the issue. Union members democratically elect their leaders who are then responsible for advocating for the good of the unit.