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Letters: Unions would be bad for SC workers

Travis Ford’s March 5 letter, “Unions would be good for S.C. workers,” fails to mention the number of companies that leave the United States because of unions.

Detroit is a prime example of why unions don’t work. Constantly demanding higher wages for jobs people in other countries are willing to do for a lot less prices the American worker out of the market.

Doug Lawhead

Columbia

This story was originally published March 28, 2017 at 5:50 PM with the headline "Letters: Unions would be bad for SC workers."

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