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The reason American industries are going in the dumper is not primarily because of unions, it it because they make inferior products. What has happened to the US auto industry is now happening to the US HVAC (heating, ventilating nad air conditioning) industry. The Koreans nad Japanese are making far superior products. They are more expensive, but they are much superior, and in some cases, are designed to reduce significantly installation costs, so that their cost in place is competitive.
How are they able to do this? They spend money on research and development. They are not afraid of pursuing technologies or products that may not pay off for several years. They spend money on new production equipment, enabling them to reduce costs of assembly, and thus increase ratio of content cost to assembly cost while keeping the same price.
In short they are not enslaved to next quarter's balance sheet and tomorrow's stock price. They can invest in the far future, years out. They have forgotten the basic rule of industry and of life "The you of otday can be either the best friend or the worst enemy of the you of tomorrow." For business and industry it should be the "you of 5 years from now." Upper management in the US is so isolated from long term performance. They still get their 8 digit compensation even as they ride the corporate relic into the toilet.
I think unions are to blame primarily because they have supported the conept of seniority over the concept of modernizing and improving worker skills. A more sophisticated work force would be abetter partner for US industry to remain competitive in the world marketplace. We have stupid union construction rules in NYC, things the unions refuse to build, products they sabotage because theyincorporate factory assembled components that were previously site built. They should get with the program: a better product installed with greater technical skill means more money for everybody.
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