> Almost all software shops are not unionized. Jobs move overseas because companies are not expected to act as beneficial actors in other countries, they know they do not have to respect basic human rights or pay a fair market value wage for labor.
Jobs move over seas because it allows companies to produce something for less money. Period. Unions have the opposite effect of making production cost less money.
>Almost all software shops are not unionized. Jobs move overseas because companies are not expected to act as beneficial actors in other countries, they know they do not have to respect basic human rights or pay a fair market value wage for labor.
>The corporation freely signed a contract with the union to follow certain stipulations. There is no bullying on either side.
How many companies do you imagine "freely" signed a contract with unions without the threat of walk-outs hanging over their heads. This is the definition of bullying.
> You have a mischaracterization of unions of simply existing to force money out of companies, when their purpose has been explicitly stated many times.
I am very clear what unions do in practice, not theory.
You idea of "production" is too narrow-minded. You don't only produce products, you also produce communities of valuable, productive, happy employees. The people who work in your company are a product of your company.
Unions might force your company to spend more on something intangible, but they do not reduce production efficiency.
Jobs move over seas because it allows companies to produce something for less money. Period. Unions have the opposite effect of making production cost less money.
>Almost all software shops are not unionized. Jobs move overseas because companies are not expected to act as beneficial actors in other countries, they know they do not have to respect basic human rights or pay a fair market value wage for labor.
>The corporation freely signed a contract with the union to follow certain stipulations. There is no bullying on either side.
How many companies do you imagine "freely" signed a contract with unions without the threat of walk-outs hanging over their heads. This is the definition of bullying.
> You have a mischaracterization of unions of simply existing to force money out of companies, when their purpose has been explicitly stated many times.
I am very clear what unions do in practice, not theory.