> I do worry it's a bad sign for union organizing if these are the types of issues they are focused on. I read an article a year or so ago which talked about h

> I do worry it's a bad sign for union organizing if these are the types of issues they are focused on. I read an article a year or so ago which talked about how the south is one of the hardest areas to organize. I was super perplexed at first on why the union was so set on organizing this particular warehouse in a somewhat union hostile region rather than one in any of the states with populations that would by default be more open to the idea. It dawned on me that maybe the union expects to lose. They may have chosen one of the more difficult areas to organize as a practical experience exercise for knowledge gain to share with the workers who will be organizing in the areas with a higher union participation rates. I really wish I could find the article again, it was long-form comparing the mean quality of life in states with higher union participation vs those with lower and it delved pretty deeply into the wider ripple effects of unions and the impacts on quality of life in wider society. If anyone either remembers this article or if their googlefu is better than mine, please share, the content of it is incredibly relevant today and I suspect it will be even more so over the next few years.