Several years ago my buddy who supervised about 30 software folks at Boeing came to work and found that everyone but him was being layed off. Seems they could hire 12 Russians at the cost of one worker here. My buddy said it was sad indeed, but if the company didn't do it, they wouldn't survive.

Too bad that over the years the relationship between the Union and the Company has sorrowed to the point, where the spoken goal by the Union in the last strike was to break the company. When those kind of things get said, your not even thinking anymore.

Its all about labor costs, but at the same time, its more about the failure of both sides to maintain a healthy relationship based in reality. The Union and the Company own this together. But, as usual it will be the average worker who pays the price.