[fhayek]

If I had a business, and it became unionized, I would liquidate it immediately. No way would I bust my hump operating a company only to have to give into union demands. Her family decided that selling out was preferable to dealing with union demands. If unions were so great, why didn't they just give in on everything and live in an economic utopia? They wouldn't be in business very long, that's why.

Unions eventually destroy everything they get their hooks into. Union workers know this (or should), but they don't care as long as their bed is feathered.

[matt04]

One of the locals was bitching how it wasn’t fair that vendors like Coke, Nabisco, breads, etc. were stocked by outside vendors and “stealing” jobs. Of course they were really upset that the UFCW wasn’t doing it because that would be more dues to the union bosses.

One of the other complaints was that currently a FT employee only pays $20/week for insurance for their whole family. They were saying how unfair it was that S&S wanted them to pay more. Boo-hoo. They also have a pension so don’t have anything removed from their check for retirement.

A few years back S&S had opened some stores in northern MA and VT. They were forced to closes them and layoff all the employees and the non-union competition beat them on prices and service. The Union still seems to operate under the impression that Aldi, whole Foods/Amazon, Target, wal-Mart, etc. don’t exists or are just to be ignored.