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The New Civil War Continues

Wed Feb 24 2010

I call it the New Civil War. It is the battle for business that creates wealth and jobs. This time the South is winning. Right to Work states are those with laws that state a worker cannot be forced to join a union as a condition of employment. This article traces that three more companies have moved from Ohio to Georgia. 

The result of course is less money for already beleaguered Ohio. Yet of course the business model for Ohio is not changing, it will remain a union shop state. 

The migration south, and the term Rust Belt originated with the collapse of New York City in 1976 and the creation of the DFW airport. Now companies could locate in the central time zone and fly anywhere in the world, direct. Bingo, J C Penny left NYC for DFW. No doubt the Atlanta airport figures in moves to the southeast. 

The 17% unemployment number is particularly acute in union shop states. Those states are 'borrowing' money to continue to pay unemployment 'benefits.'  How long will taxpayers in non union states support such a fiasco, inquiring minds want to know. 

Congress is currently conducting a Soviet Style Show trial for Toyota over the gas pedal recall. Of course Toyota is not in union shop states. The DEM victory in Congress is now in payback mode for union support. But Hyundai, VW, Nissan, Toyota, are not moving to Michigan….note that Toyota Tacoma production just moved from California to San Antonio. 

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  1. Aaron Avalos Avatar
    Aaron Avalos

    A really good friend of mind happens to work for UPS down in Corpus Christi and a while back about maybe 3-4 years ago maybe longer that they were now a union. He said that drivers were on strike for about 2 weeks. He said he doesn’t mind that UPS is unioned, great benefits, raise very 6 months to year. As far as states implemeting businesses to become union is something they really have to sit back and think about. Now we know how much of a pain your state governmnet can be, but they are trying to figure out ways to bring more jobs into your cities, with the unemployeement increasing we need to find different ways to bring in more jobs, and if that means becoming a union, then so be; as long as it’s going to benefit the entire city.

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  2. Dennis Elam Avatar
    Dennis Elam

    Hmmm, it is not working out that way, the three worst states to do business in are
    48 C
    49 NY
    50 New Jersey
    all heavily unionized. the unions are now primarily in govt employees, there are more govt union members in the Teamsters than business, this is why Vallejo CA is in bankrutpcy, in govt there is not someone to say no to a demand that cannot be met, the 1976 NYC crisis is being felt again in Illinois, Mish has a poll on his site about how to reduce the IL state budget, Barack bought a state penitentary for $200 M plus to help bail IL out, business pays the tax that supports the govt, the only jobs being created are in govt while business is shrinking, that is the problem in Greece where 3 Million govt workers went on strike last week

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