I do NOT support Worker's Unions, I think the individual worker aught to be able to make his/her own decisions/negotiations......

If you want 4 weeks off with pay and your boss won't go for it, then go find a different job.

Would you pay your electric bill all year and accept 4 weeks of no power happily ?

Maybe you are such a valuable employee that your boss will give you 6 weeks off with pay, the Union would be taking 2 weeks away from you......

By the way, taking a little time off work to drop a baby on the table is no replacement for a full time mom, not even close. IF a woman wants to have a kid, then plan ahead and do it right, if it's not worth doing right, then don't get pregnant.

You ideals only work if you start out at a point well down the wrong path, you probably see that now don't you ?