[conservative barking moonbat]

>>the workers seeking to keep the UAW out of their shop are claiming victory<<

your jobs are still heading to china, india and eventually kenya.

[Thermalseeker]

your jobs are still heading to china, india and eventually kenya.

Yep, and the problem could be solved with the stroke of a pen. Enact the Fair Tax, the USA becomes a tax haven for manufacturers, the economy booms like never before, everybody benefits, problem solved.

[untrained skeptic]

"your jobs are still heading to china, india and eventually kenya."

Without the Union constantly trying to squeeze every last penny out of the company to justify their existence the conpany has a much better chance to remain competitive with domestic labor.

It's not cheap shipping parts overseas. It also makes for a less reliable supply chain.

However, the companies do need to remain competitive, and the unions prevent that.

The tell the workers that the conpanies are exploiting them, and the push for more and more to justify the existence of the union. When the push for and get to much, it's not sustainable. then there has to be cuts or the company goes under.

The workers have been told over and over again that the employer is exploiting them and lying to them. They paid the Union to protect them from the exploitation of the company.

When cuts become necessary it's hard to get them passed by the workers because they done understand that the union has forced the employer to give more than they can afford to give and stay in business. They don't trust their employer, they don't understand the economic of the business, and the union doesn't want to help them understand, because it will show that the union screwed up.

Unions thrive on hate, distrust, and a lack of knowledge in the workforce. They also thrive off of greed.

They provide short term gains for their members at a cost of long term stability.

Will jobs still be lost to competitors? Of course some will be lost, that's the nature of competition. However, if we cease to be competitive many, many more jobs will be lost.

[moehoward]

"your jobs are still heading to china, india and eventually kenya."

I can easily see the unions rise up again. Soon after wages have been reduced to table-scraps by outsourceing and "guest workers".