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I need to reiterate what I said and add to it. Workers are very valuable, but repeated strikes against their company meant that the company will eventually seek other forms of labor. Eventually, the union will get hurt by its own tactics. This will lead to the traditional abuses of early capitalism where the company seeks out workers who are more compliant—in this case, overseas. Unions protect workers so much that they tend to forget that they have competition elsewhere, leading to cocky behavior like strikes claiming that $60 per hour is not enough—I'll be lucky if I can earn $20 per hour without benefits after a reputable college education! I love workers. This country was built on their sweaty foundation, but this country's future is increasingly dependent on foreign resources as a result of America's demanding cost of production. If workers intend to remain employed by US businesses, then they need to either lobby foreign governments to raise their standards for domestic workers or stop increasing their demands of US companies.
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