The neverending story

Wall Street Journal:

While the U.S. appears to be headed out of one of the steepest recessions in decades, companies are playing hardball with unions and even entire cities in an effort to cut costs, improve efficiency and push through changes that will help them perform better over the long term.

This reminds me of the good times before the recession, when companies played hardball with employees -- and even entire communities! -- in an effort to cut costs, improve efficiency and push through changes that would help them perform better over the long term.