[billbears]

How is this 'good' again? Granted, I don't want to see a lockout and I can't stand unions. However, it is not the government's place to negotiate deals for the private industry. This isn't like the air traffic controllers situation where lives would possibly be at stake.

[Teacher317]

This is "good" because the grossly overpaid union workers won't be allowed to strangle the entire US economy in their drive to appropriate more money for themselves at the expense of the general public (through higher prices). I would bet that there are many people who would be overjoyed to do the work for only $70,000 plus benefits, but of course the employer won't be allowed to hire them... unions have this cute little habit of getting the laws changed to favor them in every battle.