I don't understand how anyone thinks a union can keep a plant from closing. Sure the really big, powerful unions like the UAW pulled it off for years, but not any more! And look at the price they had to pay, watching the American auto industry (and their jobs) collapse right in front of their eyes. The same thing happened to the steel industry. Union greed nearly put it in the grave. What's bad is that Obama and Biden are both big union supporters, and we will see all sorts of pro union laws enacted to help them gain membership right at a time that the economy is on its rear-end. As the GP plant closing proves, we need economic growth, not unions.