50 years ago, they could have gotten away with this.
Now, the demand for housing is so high that the unions can only delay the inevitable.
Ironically, the NIMBYs and the unions have ended up on the same side of the housing issue. Most union members I know would be unhappy about being on the side of the privileged and established, and against the working-class people, for whom home affordability is of primary importance in CA and NY.
>Now, the demand for housing is so high that the unions can only delay the inevitable.
The unions agree with you here, that's the whole point. The demand is so high that the developers will soon agree with the unions' requests in exchange for a slightly smaller profit.
No, the developers will agree with everyone else except the NIMBYs and the unions, because union workers are a minority of workers, and they don't do a better job than non-unionized workers. In fact, they often do a worse job, because unions protect bad workers who could not survive outside of a union.
The days when unions could get their way in these kinds of matters through outright bullying are long gone, and good riddance to them!
Now, the demand for housing is so high that the unions can only delay the inevitable.
Ironically, the NIMBYs and the unions have ended up on the same side of the housing issue. Most union members I know would be unhappy about being on the side of the privileged and established, and against the working-class people, for whom home affordability is of primary importance in CA and NY.