10 Ways Unions Hurt the Economy
4. They’re Not Concerned with Anyone Else
While many jobs have been lost in American manufacturing, it is only the unionized companies. Non-union manufacturing has risen over the past three decades, whereas union manufacturing has steadily declined. In places like Wisconsin, where the state faced massive budgetary issues, the unions refused to make concessions. Lawmakers and voters had to battle the unions to make common sense reforms needs to avert fiscal crisis. The unions didn’t care about the deficit, the debt, or the economy of Wisconsin at all. They wanted their protected jobs and special pensions, even if it meant sucking the Wisconsin taxpayers dry. Unions bussed in out of state protestors to shut down the capital and Democrats fled the state, trying to prevent inevitable votes that would unclench the unions’ grasp on the Wisconsin labor market. The entire incident proved unions are only concerned with themselves.
