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European unions and American unions are very different. American unions tend to be far more adversarial and treat their relationship with firms as a zero-sum ga

European unions and American unions are very different. American unions tend to be far more adversarial and treat their relationship with firms as a zero-sum game. But Europe also has a lot of problems that the US doesn't it's unemployment rate is nearly double that of the US, and its GDP per capital is about 70% of that of the US. I won't say that's all due to the higher union participation, but you can be sure that when firms discuss international expansion plans, the prevalence of unions in Europe gets brought up.

pjmlp 3y ago
The difference being, those unemployed have state support, instead of being left to their own misfortunes. Yes they definitely need education on European work laws, I have had the pleasure to explain multiple times how it goes over here, to clueless bosses trying to overdo their power outside work hours. US international firms should also take care some day Europe might play a China move, and refocus on internal markets. All the ongoing conflicts show how globalisation is slowly reaching its end.