Unions Lose Jobs and Hurt Workers in the Long Run

Buffalo and Unions link to a post by Patrick Krey

If you hit this link and then hit Krey's link, you come to an article about a Buffalo, NY capitalist who is taking his future construction business ventures elsewhere because his workers are unionizing. Bashar Issa's workers are unionizing mid project, and now costing him much more money to continue building in the future. He plans to finish this project in Buffalo, but once it's over, he is going to move elsewhere to avoid the unions.

By unionizing, the workers will now receive a better wage, but since it costs more to hire them, they are now out of a job. Unions may have been necessary to obtain more favorable working conditions for workers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but their role in America today is simply to drag down the economy and ruin business. Among other factors, Unions are the primary reason for the fall of the automobile industry in the United States. The workers at places like GM practically get more money to retire then to continue to work. This is the result of the work of unions. Unions are the reason why menial work receives so much pay.