There are a lot of factors driving US companies to buy or manufacture overseas. Not to single out unions at all, there are dozens of other reasons to move manufacturing overseas. The world moves on dollars, cheap labor due to the relatively cheap cost of living is one of the major attractors to move production plants overseas. I don't have a problem with the people (union or not), or unionization when it makes sense.
I would assume pipeline work requires you to work wherever they need a pipeline so moving it overseas probably isn't going to happen. On the other hand, Twinkies can be made anywhere and don't require skilled labor so why not move it all to Mexico where labor is cheap and the workers aren't unionized. Much simpler to deal one on one with your workforce than with the shop stuarts, organized labor and all the complexities of labor negotiations. (Not to mention- OSHA, DOR, DOL, IRS, EPA, DOA, FDA, DOH, 100,000 laws governing your every move as a business including being required to offer healthcare and workers comp for every employee here in the USA)
You gotta sell some serious twinkies to pull that off.. Just saying.
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