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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
Around here we heap a good percentage of blame on unions. They forced the wages to become so outrageously jacked the companies said 'fuck it...we can no longer compete' - and closed/moved shop.
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This only applied when there was no Third World exporting goods.
I will agree that Unions are very anti-modernisation. At the moment, they want to keep the old Steel plants open by spending taxpayers money. The car industry had to be closed down, so a new one could be built to replace it.