their lives these rights so many of us take for granted. the united auto workers, the international brotherhood of teamsters, united mine workers of america. >> without an organization, you're a lone individual. without any recognition of any kind. >> while most can agree on the importance of unions in the past, many believe that unions are now an obstacle to corporate growth and job creation in america. >> businesses have to compete on quality of the product and the price of the product. unions make companies less competitive. >> union contracts help workers for a while but then they hurt even union workers. >> because their cost or the rigid rules, slow growth and growth is what's best for workers. >> i'm always proud to say, we don't have unions in south carolina because we don't need unions in south carolina. >> unions have been making a habit of saying, okay, we'll keep a pay raise down to a slightly outrageous minimum but we want a big pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for when we retire. this is what killed the auto