It would be catastrophic. Right now, we have need for additional workers. The last figure I got was there was an immediate need for about 26,000 more people in the industry for the state.

They (workers) have every right to pursue organizing in the workplace. But instead of organizing, there's been more of a focus on disrupting the workplace, and therefore the employer becomes less competitive.

For state workers, it's just so convenient right now. It's nice for them to be able to run over here on their lunch hour and check on their kids.

Of course it's also a real demonstration of what happens in a real partnership between management and workers working together.

Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one.

The issue is giving the workers the right to choose whether they want to engage in collective bargaining.