If you look at the 3 main automobile manufactures: Ford, Daimler Chrysler and GM you will see that all of them are having financial troubles. Did you ever wonder why these 3 companies are having problems, while most of the other auto makers are doing just fine. Is it because their cars are union made? Check this link for union made vehicles Looks like 90% or more of the vehicles are from Ford, Daimler Chrysler, and GM.
The 2 main US airlines are in the same boat: United, and American.
You might ask “What can a union do to make things worse?”.
Well for one, union workers cost more, because they make more money. Union workers get pain well because of the unions power, not because they are better then non-union workers. Now paying them more money is not a bad thing, as long as they are worth it.
Second: Anytime the workers feel they need a raise, more benefits, etc. they can go on strike. The company has to give in to them, or they wont have workers. This hurts everyone. They can try and hold out, and get other non-union people to work for them, but it doesn’t last long.
Third: From what I see on the construction job sites, union workers are lazy, slow, and don’t care about the company they work for. I see these workers get to work at 7am take a half hour break at 9:30, take an hour lunch, then go home at 3:00. They will take an hour to do something that takes half that time. If they get fired, or don’t like the job they are on, they can just go to the union hall, and get another job. If they cant get a job, the union will pay them. These people don’t have to worry about anything.
The unions started out as a good thing for people that were way under paid, but now they have turned into a monster that does nothing but hurt the economy.
