The biggest reason for the Steel, Textile, and Manufacturing industries fleeing over seas is UNIONS. Now there is a valid use for Unions, but every time there is a contract negotiation, the Union leaders need to show everyone what they got from management to justify their jobs. Same thing with our politicians, creating BS laws to justify their jobs.

In the steel industry, you go from paying a union guy $60/hour + benefits, to paying a Chinese guy $11 a week. EPA stuff factors in, but its nothing compared to the Medical Benefits and Pensions for workers. The oldest unions in our country were the first to have their industries flee. Walmart tries to bring crews of illegals to build new stores. A few years ago the AG in PA had 115 illegals rounded up at a Walmart construction site. Looking 10-20 years out, the only Unions that will probably be around are civil servants, i.e teachers, cops.