So long as there are a sizable but decreasing number of union jobs paying 35-50 grand a year, the rest of the states populations will be reluctant to act.
There is very little manufacturing left in the Chicagoland/ NW Indiana region and every year a few more thousand go by the wayside.
In the Chicago downtown and immediate surrounding area, Mayor Daley loved the small factory to yuppie loft conversion boom 15-20 years ago. Now reality has taken place., all those factory jobs are gone forever.
Last year Fannie Mae, a very popular candy store with many locations, went BK and shudderred a west side manufacturing plant, laying off a few hundred unionized workers. Last week I read where they will reopen about 40 locations, with the candy being produced in the new owners Ohio Plant. And the old Chicago union boss of the laid off workers proudly states "They still have to deal with us, we'll take them to court before they open any store?"
Who in the hell would want the headache?, these unions are a bunch of @ssholes.
Bite me swill eater!