It's not a _complete_ explanation, but I agree with @grecy and have to expand on your response. > the workers have a drive for increasing profits too Whereas

It's not a _complete_ explanation, but I agree with @grecy and have to expand on your response. > the workers have a drive for increasing profits too Whereas companies tend to have increasing profits as their only and primary goal, for workers it is not their only drive or the only factor they need to consider. If jobs leave my city, I can't just pack up and follow them; I need to think about my family, my kids, their school, their friends, my house, etc. Companies are much more flexible because as entities they don't have the same moral obligation people have towards other people and themselves. This is especially true for big companies. The bigger the company gets the more impersonal it becomes, and the more leverage it has because individual employees contribute less and they can invest more resources into hiring.