I admitted earlier that there are plenty of CRAPPY MANAGERS at non-union plants and that non-union plants get shut down.
So plants get shut down without unions wrecking them...and plants get shut down BECAUSE of unions wrecking them. There isn’t anything that government can do to assure decent management...plants will always shut down because of it - but we don’t need to be forcing them to close for other reasons - like excessive regulations, and yes, unions. That is something that can be controlled and they serve NO PURPOSE these days, other than to destroy our manufacturing base.
Also it’s not insane to off-shore factories to kill a union, it’s worked out JUST GREAT for many companies. What is insane is allowing what amounts to a TOTALLY UNNEEDED tax in this country just to produce things here - at least environmental and safety taxes can make a moral case (at least to some extent). Unions simply provide NOTHING GOOD to manufacturing.
Unions provide NOTHING GOOD for anything, just like the government it takes an act of God to rid yourself of a hire mistake!!!!
These companies should have to pay a tariff to have access to US markets. I am protectionist Bob. Like the founders, I believe in US manufacturing and it should be done here, even if the management is bad and even if they have union workers.
Off shoring helps the stock holders and the corporate bottom line. It does nothing for the consumer because that reduced manufacturing cost is not passed on to the consumer. The big loser is the taxpayer that has to shoulder the burden an idled workforce.