[businessprofessor]

You make some good points. The steel industry has traditionally be heavily unionized. There are non union alternatives although I am not sure about the ratio between the unionized and non-unionized steel industry. It is sad that the non unionized part of the industry cannot compete.

Beyond unions, the villains are high taxes, unwieldy regulations, and litigation madness. In the future, high energy prices have the potential to make production in the US non competitive. China has a crash program to construct coal fired and nuclear power plants while the dims impose ridiculous renewable energy mandates and preach conservation.

[econjack]

Exactly right!