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Seriously, I have no life.
You're right, but where a cleaner works determines their bargaining power. If they work for a large company, government, etc, they're in a union (AFSCME, AFGE, etc) but the value of the work has to be considered, too- not likely to see cleaners making $100K. Unfortunately, too many people look at menial jobs & manual labor as a bad way to make money and equate this perception with the person as if being a white collar workers are better. I would argue against this last point.Mandatory union membership is a straw man. Historically unions have been a force of good for democracy, with some caveats.
Anyone that believes that a lowly cleaner has a stronger negotiation position on her own is off his rocker.