[Old_Mil]

The unions demand much, but give little in return, so this will continue to happen until the workers realize the unions are on the unions side and not the workers.

The percentage of workers in the United States who belong to a union has decreased from a high of over 35% at the end of World War II to approximately 13% today. While I am no supporter of union politics - their voting record over the past 20 years has sort of been like the voting record of conservatives who vote for liberals who run on a Republican ticket - surely you can't think that 13% of the workforce is responsible for the wholesale plant closures and outsourcing we see today...much of it in industries without union representation.

[FatherofFive]

"surely you can't think that 13% of the workforce is responsible for the wholesale plant closures"

Wrong question. What percentage of the Ford/GM non-management workforce is unionized?

[bert]

.....surely you can't think that 13% of the workforce is responsible for the wholesale plant closures ......

The numbr you cite is fallacious. It includes current dues paynig members. You forgot about the humongous group of former union members and retired union members and their extended families. Unionism is a contagious disease with no cure. It is caught by mothers and daughters and sisters who infect their nonunion families.

Southwest Virginia has only a few nonunion miners left, but the UAW mentality infects the region like a plague.

[Navy Patriot]

Nope, unions are not the only cause. Uncontrolled costs are to blame, and government is the primary culprit. Throw in government mandated undesirability and you can't get enough sales at a high enough price to earn a profit and sustainability. They're screwed and it's been coming since the mid 60's.