Who "owns" the jobs?

ITEM:  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A federal U.S. judge ordered jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney to halt its plans to move 1,000 jobs out of Connecticut and to Japan , Singapore and the state of Georgia.     U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport issued a permanent injunction, stopping the company's plans to shift the jobs.   Who "owns" the jobs?

< In effect the labor union told Pratt & Whitney that despite the fact  the company can't economically keep the Connecticut operation staffed at former levels, it can't shift 1,000 jobs elsewhere in order to bring costs under control.       The union is saying  the unionized worker "owns" the job, not Pratt & Whitney.  This flies in the face of the adage "He who owns the tools owns the job."  Pratt has one ace up its sleeve.  It can close.  And it will if the union forces it to lose money.

Wrisley points out one of the problems with labor unions.