Pretending to be a Republican so that it won't be noticed that you are a free enterprise hating Communists, eh parsy?
It is not JUST the unions but the union work rules plus, taxes, regulations, and all other government interference legislated by the union loving Democrats. Why is it the unonized industries are the first to fail or move off shore?
I love the idea of unions! But, unions usually shoot themselves in the foot by overdoing things. Things not related to wages and benefits as much as by the stupid rules they try to put in. I was actually a scab once and the guys at the plant were telling me that certain people could not switch more than 440 volts without being a something or another second class. Which means some people could not turn on a multiple set of lights and an engine at the same time.
That being said, for most industries there is not much regulation. There are safety rules. There are certain engineering standards. I have seen some pretty stupid regulations but most of the time most businesses don’t encounter them.
parsy, who thinks greed and a poor national policy are to blame