Hi loopy:
>If it wasn't for unions you would be working 7 days a week for a pittance with no benefits such as health insurance, vacation and sick time<

All very good things and I am sure you could include increased safety in your list as well? But I think this goes back to some of the earlier points in the thread. Overseas manufacturing has none of this which makes it very difficult for the US to compete. Interestingly after the state of union address there has been a big push to bring manufacturing back. I see that Apple is being targeted and the president spoke about Master Lock.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemay...cts-in-the-u-s/

-Bob