Recently released FBI Documents in regard to The Purple Gang

[jcole]

Cartel is a group of companies joined to price fix, etc

Union is a group of employees that group together to protect themselves against the company.

Fairly simple.

[Jimaz]

Cartel is a group of companies joined to price fix, etc

Union is a group of employees that group together to protect themselves against the company.

Fairly simple.

And yes, there is a similarity there but the difference is what matters. The latter is to right an imbalance of power and the former is exacerbate an imbalance of power.

Yes, it is just that simple.