In addition to laying off more than 10,000 workers across the country, SBC workers in California, especially San Francisco, are seeing their jobs move to right-to-work states. States that have Right to Work laws secure the right of a employee to decide whether or not they want to join or financially support a union. Proponents of the laws argue that they create jobs and preserve individual liberty. Critics point out that the laws are a union busting tactic that hurt job creation, promote low wages and poor benefits and diminish the standard of living and legal protections for workers and their families in those states. The Communications Workers of America local's in California have witnessed a steep decline as jobs go to other states. In San Francisco, has been hardest hit. Dan McCrory (Mick - Cro - Ree) is President of local 9503 in the San Fernando Valley:

[McCrory1]:
San Francisco is going from a membership of 1633 members today in a couple of months to a membership of 750 members in local 9410 of San Francisco. And the companies attributing that to the fact that the high rent area, it's a lot of money to maintain the real estate there. And the higher pay that the zone that San Francisco is in.