Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
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But of course the craft unions must keep it real in their negotiations , no profit=no jobs...
You'd think that would be pretty basic to the whole thing wouldn't you.

While a number of unions in the USA do function as Redleg outlines (hopefully a majority), we also have others who negotiate while almost completely clueless as to the specifics of cost/profit margins of the company with whom they are negotiating. They look at the raw profit number and say we want more -- and sadly don't have any expertise beyond that to bring to the table.