In this article in The Freeman, economics professor Charles Baird contends that faculty unionization leads to the deterioration of standards.

Baird puts his finger on the crucial flaw in our labor law, namely exclusive representation by certified unions. Under the National Labor Relations Act, if a majority of workers in a “bargaining unit” desire to have Union X represent them, then Union X becomes — indefinitely — the exclusive representative of all the workers. There is no justification for compelling anyone to accept another party as his agent, but that’s exactly what the law does.

The legal change we most need in labor law is to treat unions just the same as other private associations. Individual should be as free to join or to quit unions as they are to join or quit clubs, churches, or civic groups.