Thank you for recounting that. It says much more than my links.
It should also be said that many businesses (jobs) leave the country because of union dictates (as well as EPA controls and corporate taxes).
Of course the bottom line is, that the country and the economy suffer, costs go up and it is we who pay (in employment and at the cash register).
By the way, fellow FReeper gunsequalfreedom and I had a nice, amicable exchange privately and so I share one more comment with both of you. He may be too young to recall the era when the tri-state had numerous choices in grocery stores, benefiting the buyer because of hearty competition. One large chain that had quality products and low prices, Kroger, was run out because of unionism. The work rules were so excessive that a low-margin business like that couldn't be sustained. Now the area has only three companies selling groceries where there used to be more than a dozen.