Ah, the old CEO salaries are the problem canard.

The $30 million some CEO makes is nothing compared to the billions that the unions bilk.

Furthermore, why should an employee have to sacrifice a percentage of his pay to a union that turns around and donates money to candidates and causes that employee doesn't even support?

In the United States, unions are just a leech. They are a barrier to healthy functioning of a business. That is a big reason why so many businesses just throw their hands up in disgust and go elsewhere.

It is very easy to demand excessive benefits for employees and then get angry when the jobs go away.

Beggars can't be choosers. If you don't like the terms of employment, work elsewhere. Using non-market means of enforcing artificial controls on an employer is a one way ticket to unemployment (either the business goes under, or it leaves- take your pick).

The average cost of providing BENEFITS for an employee now exceeds the cost of their wages. That is completely out of whack. No wonder so many companies cannot afford to do business domestically any longer.

It is not a coincidence that the industries with the greatest amount of union control are the industries performing the worst in the US.

Why do you think factory jobs are almost non existent in the US now? Wouldn't it be nice if we still had millions of unskilled jobs that paid $20-50 an hour? That is no longer possible thanks to unions and all the excessive benefits they demand.

The inherent flaw in unionized labor in the modern, industrialized world is that when they "win", the company is forced to close up shop and move away. That is quite a pyrrhic victory.