Profitability is something the Union does not care about. I would imagine they prefer some corporate turbulence to a smooth operation as it gives them leverage to negotiate with. But it seems lately that the union’s are running out of rope in manufacturing. This is evidenced by the AFL-CIO shifting its focus of extortion from the manufacturing sector to the service sector (Janitorial services, etc.). I had read somewhere that some faction tried to start up an IT Union to keep IT work in the US.
Unionized IT. Holy crap that's an abortion in the making.
You'd see outsourcing move faster than a baptist preacher springing out the back of the whorehouse.