Because it's likely cheaper to bust unions once in a while than to raise standards overall and forever. Or, at least, that's what the executives think or what t

Because it's likely cheaper to bust unions once in a while than to raise standards overall and forever. Or, at least, that's what the executives think or what their right-hand people tell them. Ultimately, you could probably gather some data and prove that increasing pay, providing good vacation time, and other benefits would improve the quality of people's work and morale... But you'd have to get through to the billionaires at the top first.