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.

The employer should have some rights to hire a qualified applicant. In the current law the line is very fuzzy. The law gives deference to the fact that merely because they (the candidates) are union affiliated they (employers) should give deference to them to protect their organizing activities.

The union walks away in the sense they don't have the legal fees, but the small employer faces large legal fees.

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.

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.

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.