Not Exactly Letterman's Top Ten

The website ExpansionManagement.com (bore me straight to death) has an article titled Ten Reasons Why Companies Relocate a Manufacturing Facility today.

Number 8 is really the most fun:

# 8 — To eliminate specific labor-related situations. Sometimes a company or facility is having a bad experience with unions — recent strikes, costly benefit packages, or whatever — and the only solution is to move as far away as they can.
If this is the reason a company is moving, they should make sure their due diligence goes beyond whether or not a state is “right to work.” Two specific areas to focus on are the history of work stoppages in the new area, and the trend in National Labor Relations Board representation elections (how many, and what percent are won by the union). This will enable you to better predict your future plant’s union status, say, five years from now.

Interestingly, 7 (to access a better or larger labor pool) and 8 (above) are the only two that directly justify outsourcing, which makes me wonder whether Expansion Management.com really "speaks" to its desired audience.