[central_va]

For those of you who are lurking on this thread, the actual amount of unionized labor in the private sector manufacturing is a lot smaller than people think. Most off shored manufacturing jobs were NOT union jobs, that is what the Free Traders want you to believe. It is a religion based on beliefs, not facts.

Here are the facts:

Manufacturing (in thousands ):
Total employed:  Unionized:  Percent union:
	13,599 	 1,424        10.5

BLS link here.

[Fledermaus]

But they are concentrated in several industries like auto manufacturing and service centers via the SEIU.

And they use the federal government to try and squash those that won’t use unionzed labor. Like Nissan in TN, Volkswagon in TN, Mercedes in AL, etc.