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Originally Posted by Cronislee

Well that too, but were a social democrocy so that has no relevance. I'm anti union because when my brother needed them they fucked him over, when the ship yard ttied to save money and didnt agree to the Unions increas in pay (already well past 20 an hour) they shut down the whole damn yard, and when Michigan used to be a good state, they ruined the industry with union control and ruined the lives of Michiganders and there for ruined the lives of large portions of my family. Not to mention the threats of violence against people and the actual violence inflicted on people who were against the unions or tried to go agains their union.

Are you sure it was solely the unions fault? or just your brothers opinion?
And it seems that the union was working for them asking for a pay increase and the ship yard could not meet the demands. The recession has hit a lot of places hard. it could have simply went out of business.