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To: Zoltan! who wrote (167295)	8/2/2001 8:38:28 PM
From: DOUG H	Respond to of 769670

You're right to a certain extent. In many cases the population simply moved away because the plants closed. In the cases where the plants remained, I think you'll find that the unions were smart enough not to kill off the goose laying the golden egg. In cases where they did not, the local economies were devastated. The 80's were replete with these stories. Springsteen and Melloncamp. At the end of the decade, I think folks saw the devastation uncompromising unions could have and this is why we saw declines in union membership in the 90's. The real winners were the corporations who moved, and the union bosses who kept their jobs. Who lost? "the little guy". Maybe my good friend flapjack can explain how the "little guy" came out better than I'm seeing it. Maybe not.