I had a professor tell me to go to PA because with my area of specialization I could make a lot more than here in SC. I like PA, I think it is a beautiful state and everyone I have ever met from there has been wonderful. However, I was taught as a child that unions were evil and I am NOT going to go to work in an area where I have to join one in order to have a job. The unions have destroyed more aspects of our country than just the education field.
I admire the stand you've taken on principle. I too was raised that unions were a bad thing, and in my workplace I see more bad in the unions than in management. Sometimes someone deserves to be fired!