[DoctorHydrocal]

The union's job is to enlarge it's membership. More members, more power, better negotiating position. Who cares if 3,500 - 800 = 2,700 employees are redundant, under utilized, non-productive, and a drain on the corporation's profitability? They were paying union dues and that's all that matters. Of course those 2,700 employees were there only because management had caved into the union's demands ('job security') over the years. I wonder, as the last truck left the plant and the laid off employees watched the gate close, if they said "Solidarity" in unison one last time.

[Willie Green]

The union's job is to enlarge it's membership. More members, more power, better negotiating position.

Yes, and the left-wing globo-marxists have long ago shifted their tactics, abandoning negotiation on behalf of our blue collar workforce for the oppressive mandates of our white collar bureaucratic institutions.

Nationwide, organized labor representation of the manufacturing workforce has drasticly declined to about 15%.
In comparison, over 40% of government workers are unionized.
(Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry)

By infiltrating our government and educational institutions, the marxists now utilize health-care and environmental legislation and litigation to demonize and dismantle our industrial infrastructure, manufacturing expertise and blue collar workforce.

By clinging to an antiquated perspective towards our manufacturing workforce, you enable and facilitate their goal of subverting our prosperity and national security.