You hit on something here that I thought would be mentioned sooner. The CARD CHECK vote that will soon come. These employers will find themselves with union empowered employees, whom they will not be able to fire, whose pensions, health care, sick days, vacation days, guaranteed raises etc....they will be forced to underwrite.
The auto workers’ union killed the auto manufacturing business in this country. Even now, as these companies are biting the dust, the union refuses to relent on the back breaking entitlements they forced the auto companies to agree to provide.
Think about it. Men in their early 50’s, “retired” and receiving nearly the same pay and benefits they had when actually working. This amounts to welfare as far as I’m concerned. And the best part, they can still work at other jobs.
In the past when people were living shorter lives, this may have made sense. But some of these men and women live another 30 years or more and these auto companies have to pay until they die.
...resulting in more bankruptcies, more business moving offshore, fewer jobs for Americans. That result is SO predictable (given the textile, steel, auto, etc union history) you'd think that it would be a no-brainer for Congress-critters who want to keep THEIR jobs to vote down! Their constituents are also 'workers' who want to keep their jobs! Their constituents vote...the pendullum will swing back...hopefully we won't have to endure another depression before that happy result.
I've been looking into relocating my business to a right to work state and this is a key consideration. If it goes through rather than relocate I'll probably look to invest elsewhere.