Hold the management of labor unions to no ethical standards.

FORBES: Ben Stein

Honeywell is also the No. 1 corporate PAC donor to Democrats and, overall, the No. 10 donor, behind eight labor unions and a group of trial lawyers.

WSJ: Honeywell Takes the Lead in Political Giving

Of course, proposing few initial layoffs has a strategic purpose--helping the deal gain regulatory approval and backing from labor unions: A proposal that calls for no hub closings and little job loss takes away a common objection.

FORBES: Long-Haul Investing

It's basically labor unions saying, we want this, and there's no other stakeholders at the table.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The first model is the true free enterprise model where there are no unions, and where the interests of customers come ahead of the interests and labor.

FORBES: Connect

Often, while elected officials in the role of chief executive struggle just to maintain services and have no hope of doing anything proactive, public employee unions can ignore the realities on the ground and use both labor laws and their political muscle to achieve wages and benefits that are inconsistent with the economic times.

FORBES: Magazine Article