Essentially, yes.

The key here was the point that they did not fault the contractors but that there would be fewer jobs for the members of the Steelworkers Union. As Zenphamy noted, they want to control everything about the plant. Not just their work but everything including how it is run. I am now a member of the IBEW and have been for 10 years, not by choice but because I had to join to get the job. I also was in the US Navy and had to deal with unions at the Naval Shipyards. So, the Steelworkers think they can afford to do it now because the economy is improving, at least according to O and his minions. Maybe in DC but out here, outside the Beltway, everyone knows that it still has a long way to go.

Dear LS:
My guess is that the Union members are noticing things that management are completely blind to and the "grievances" are the only way that they know how to express themselves collectively.
Unless there is a middle-man to help management to understand and address their concerns they have been indoctrinated into thinking that a strike is the only recourse.

Workers Unions are "Anti-Capitalist" and "Anti--Objectivist" PERIOD.

Unions are 100% collectivist.

Jobs DO NOT belong to the workers, Jobs BELONG to and are the sole property of the "business" or "business-owner."

In other words, rent-seeking. Any large organization will engage in it. Especially when their value added falls to zero.

Control and dues, or maybe vice versa.

Fivedollargold is neither pro nor anti-union. As long as neither side gets violent, just leave them alone to hash it out. Public sector unions, if allowed at all, need strict limitations on what can be negotiated and what actions are considered legal, e.g., strikes.

But why?

I've worked with the Steel Workers in facilities before and it's very different than in their construction projects. They always insist on staffing issues and on having control of who or how many outside hires (contracts) are let into their plants. It's always been one of their biggest issues and their arguments have remained the same for at least 40 years. They even resist other unions having any work in their plants, i.e. IBEW. They were even on the contractor approval board for one of the plants I worked in making plant decisions on whether an outside contractor, union or not, was required for the project or not.

Hey. What's with the badge?

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You didn't miss much that was a legit grievance. They realize that their jobs can now be undercut by foreign competition.

Lol... Okay fine. Stable wasnt the right word. (Insert horse whiney here). They made it sound like the economy was getting better... who's believing that racket? I don't think is going to end well for unions. And it shouldn't. Did I miss legit grievances in there??

The economy IS stable now, stable as in dormant. It has grown at a rate of about 0% for eight years now. Time to shrug.

It might bite them..... I loved the part about the economy being stable now so now is the time. Wow. I also wonder about the domino affect.

The union thugs have to justify their existence.