Most states with a higher percentage of unionized employees are having a harder time making ends meet fiscally. If one were to do the math it is clear that states with high number of union employees cannot sustain themselves. Unions had their place in society at one point in American history but it appears now that they only make things worse by extorting money out of companies. This is another reason that a lot of companies manufacture goods in China where labor is cheap! If the union folks would be rational a quit demanding higher wages a company could afford to employee more people, or just stay in business.