You realize, of course, that members of a union are taxpayers. Unions are organizations established to give workers a common voice in negotiating the value of their labor, rather than giving a company all the power over you as an individual. When companies lay off workers, the value of companies' stock goes up. Why? Because it's cutting an expense so that the already wealthy can be even wealthier. They have no interest in rewarding workers. To you, it was a job you worked hard at to support your family. The question is at hand is, who pays for the services that an out-of-state company uses as they make profits off Oregonians–like, an educated supply of workers, and then takes those profits out of Oregon. If they don't pay for it, we pay for it.