In my job I visit a lot of manufacturing facilities (ie.factories), primaily in Canada and the US (and now in Australia) but also around the world. This is very much anecdotal but I've found that the factories that are unionized tend to be:
-cleaner
-better organized
-safer
-less volatile in changing staff (and therefore deliver a more consistent product)
-more productive due to the workers being more engaged in the company and, dare I say, happier to come to work
I can't speak to the overall profitability though.
Regardless, this move by the Michigan Governor has nothing to do with workers flexibility and very little to do with corporate profits. This is primarily about weakening the largest contributor (and voting block) for the Democrats. It's politics as down and dirty as it gets. Karl Rove is probably kicking himself he didn't think of it first.
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