I love this site and the last thing I will do is get you all pissed at me however, having grown up in the north and then moving south I will say that if you can, try to look at both sides of this argument. I 100 percent agree that unions did strive to prevent just this type of event... in the beginning. But as with anything political at some point money comes into play. This is where I begin to disagree. I had families who started working when steel was busting Buffalo and killing Lake Erie. I saw my uncle go from so busy we could never see him to closing the last part of Bethlehem Steel. He himself told me that it was cheaper to the company to send the ore overseas and buy it back than it was to process the ore here. I personally did office furniture and ONLY a union certified electrician could connect a simple stupid jumper that can only be plugged in one way. This cost us huge delays in assembly and inflated cost paying a UNION guy for something any monkey could do.
I hope you dont judge me by this but I see both sides. I know for a fact that unions were a needed and helpful organization but they way overstepped (in my opinion) what they should have stood for, thereby eventually costing more than their worth. I know the unions have protected you and I am grateful for that but please dont be angry that I feel somewhat differently than you.
