The unions have done a lot for their members in the past
They need to learn a bit about the present
It is very easy to fight for higher wages when there is a need for workers
When companies set up factories outside the country the unions have a very little say in it
When you can set up a factory with people who cost a fraction of the union members it is hard to motivate the owners to continue with the current one
What happens is that the current factory gets neglected, the current workers more or less stay the same, the benefits do not go up, eventually the factory will close down
Nothing new happens, the owners are working hard abroad setting up new factories and the discussions with the unions loose most of their meanings
The unions have very little incentive to make changes, they want status quo or more
Status quo means going backwards
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More means the owners close the factory down faster
Inevitably the poorer countries need to raise their level of standard and they need their unions to better the standard of living for their members - if they have unions and members
So one of the options for the Unions in the USA is to organize unions in the factories in the countries outside the USA
