re: Unionization efforts hit the wall in the Heart of Dixie

Business and capital tend to take the path of least resistance.
That is why auto plants started opening in the south. To get away from the smothering resistance that comes with unionized workforces. They create unsustainable economic burdens for business with outrageous wage and benefit requirements and constant bickering, creating undue negotiating burdens for business.

Consequently, business’ move to states or countries that provide less resistance. That creates the exact opposite effect that the unions want- un employment.

Unions are unnecessary.
There are enough federal and state regulations today to give workers rights and provide safe workplaces. There’s a minimum wage.

Unions serve to serve themselves. Unions want power. They get that by driving a wedge between the employer and the employee to try to make themselves more important.