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That's not true, actually they go hand in hand.
The government raising minimum wage, only helps those at the very bottom and are covered by the minimum wage law. The union works for better wages for those above minimum wage as well. The government passes work safety rules that they don't have the manpower to enforce. Unions help force the company to abide by the laws and go further to institute safe/ergonomic practices, that the laws can't foresee. The government passes anti-discrimination laws but the unions see that all the people doing the same job, are paid equally. Etc, etc, etc...
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I'd go along with that to an extent. But there are also times, I think, when Unions and Government are in an adversarial relationship. Also, much of that legislation is arrived at by government in part because of pressure from the more powerful unions. At least that has usually been the case in the UK. It's tended to be the Unions who've agitated most strongly for minimum wage and employment rights.