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To: tejek who wrote (541425)	1/6/2010 6:01:27 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1576318

if unions were as powerful as you claim, then there would be many more American industries in BK because American industry became unionized in the 1930s. Well, duh. It isn't the same size problem in all industries. For some industries, there are alternatives or other reasons the power isn't as big a problem as with UAW. I grew up in a location with huge paper/pulp operations. When they went on strike, there would be forest fires and spiking and all manner of vandalism -- anything to bring the company to its knees. Today, some unions are less powerful. But some aren't. However, there is no rationale by which the United States government (for example) should support the unionization of TSA. This is just plain stupid.