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It would force a company to come to the negotiating table when laying off workers and grading their performance. It would prevent a lot of bs layoffs; at the very least concrete reasons would be needed for RIFs.

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I grew up in small town South GA that growing up has 5 or 6 factories. All but one left when they got tired of dealing with the unions. The one that is still there was never unionized

That’s propaganda. Businesses don't close because they’re “tired of dealing with the unions”.

The business didn’t close a they moved to cheaper labor

Nitpick the wording all you like, but “businesses avoid unionized workforces as best they can” isn’t propaganda.

Sure it is, show me one business that actually closed from union costs and I’ll show you a million unionized businesses that have never closed for that same reason.

Cherry picking a few businesses and then saying all businesses are doomed because of unions is exactly propaganda.

No one said businesses “closed”. I said they “moved”.

So other businesses moved for cheaper labor elsewhere but one stayed open is proof that the cost of living in GA went up not that unions cause businesses to move. The greed of the business owner is what caused them to move.

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