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"No, Ed, the workers in those plants whose jobs were shipped offshore and who lost their jobs and benefits from the Great Recession were casualties of marketing and fiscal mismanagement They didn't fail in their obligations to their employers. Employers reneged on their social and fiduciary responsibilities"

This above statement simply isn't true and I have first hand experience from working in the automotive industry. The UAW and IBEW ran wages and benefits up to the point where the companies were no longer competitive. At one time the Japanese automotive companies had, for example, a $600 assembly edge over the American companies. I don't know what the advantage is today.
Yes mistakes were made at the managerial level as well. Clinging to outmoded manufacturing processes was certainly one of them. Robotics was not embraced here until well after it was in common use elsewhere.
However; The primary management failure was caving into the excessive union demands which put American manufactured at a competitive disadvantage.
A more current view of extreme union abuse is what occurred in Wisconsin until the new Governor took on these public employee unions and reversed the stranglehold they had on that State.
Jim

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