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I had a very similar experience once when I worked for the government. I wanted my small desk pointed a different direction, so I rotated it.

A few hours later my supervisor and a union rep showed up fuming. They have people for moving things, why was I trying to take their jobs?!

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On the other hand a company that I worked for some years back had published a summary of recent accidents in the monthly newsletter[1]

A significant number were for office workers who had tried to change light bulbs or similar by standing on desks or office-chairs and then fallen off.

[1] - Yes, company newsletter could be seen as a bullshit job

Not sure if true or false to demonize unions, but I've heard stories about the horror of trade shows at union facilities where booth staff were literally not allowed to plug items into power strips within their booths - it required a service request and probably a charge.

I've experienced that at a trade show too. That convention center did it as a means of charging crazy money for electricity. Internet was very expensive too.

Trade shows are a racket facilities-wise but worth it as publicity/B2B opportunities.

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