[raybbr]

Outside of defense contractors, the auto industry, some printing and some various other manufacturers there is very little manufacturing left to unionize. Hence, AFSCME, SEUI, etal.

I agree. That's why I don't understand why some FReepers still insist on blaming unions in manufacturing for all of the problems that have caused the free flow of manufacturing overseas.

[WVKayaker]

...some FReepers still insist on blaming unions in manufacturing for all of the problems that have caused the free flow of manufacturing overseas.

If I were making cars,and I needed to make a profit, I would need to control my costs. With the unions strikes and srongarming, they raised wages/benefits/pensions to the detriment of their products. The company was forced to seek low cost parts. Hence, the beginning of the end.

When Frigidaire, Maytag, etal went to Mexico, and Taiwan was making electronics to compete with... Sony! We excelled at computers and technology, but gave away the store!

Zero will make it better, though. There will not be ANY manufacturing left in his utopia...

[GingisK]

I agree. That's why I don't understand why some FReepers still insist on blaming unions in manufacturing

You misread WVKayaker's posts. He does blame the unions.

If you did your research, you would realize that WalMart and the other mass retailers are almost the sole cause of the demise of domestic manufacturing.