[cjalmeida]

And that worked remarkably well for Detroit auto works. They thought once they could leverage they're​ position as car capital if the world for unionized benefits. Until it became much cheaper to just build better cars elsewhere.

Unionizing SV will likely have the same result, except that with today's​ comm tech, importing services is much simple than building auto supply chain.

[oddlyaromatic]

It is already much cheaper to import services and hire people who don't live in SV. But somehow companies continue to locate themselves there. Presumably the opportunities for profit outweigh the costs imposed by the high cost of living etc. Unions might reduce profits a little (or not, depending on the impact on worker productivity) but these companies have shown they will pay big premiums to attract the most capable workers.

But unions must of course think about these things and understand their ACTUAL bargaining power. Detroit sounds like that mark was missed.