[BikerNYC]

Everybody with unionized employees gets two choices:
give the unions everything they want
go under

With such a track record, how do you explain why union membership is at historic lows? If they have that much power to get workers what they want, I'd think that everyone would want to join one.

[discostu]

Four words:
right
to
work
state

There's been a lot of expansion in industries that weren't unionized (like mine) in states where only a moron would try to unionize (like mine).

Also remember that I've pointed out many times that in the long run unions are generally bad for the workers. They sell down tomorrow for victories today, going on strike for more wages from companies they know can't afford it. So in the short term the workers get everything they want, but eventually the company does massive reductions or maybe even goes under and the workers takes it in the butt. The bill started coming due for unions in the late 70s, this is just another bump in that road.