The biggest reason businesses leave the US is taxes. The government taxes business so much it makes financial sense for them to leave the country and have things shipped here at the same or lesser cost for them and us as consumers.
First and foremost businesses (large, publicly traded which is 98% of what is being described here) do not really answer to the consumer, they answer to their owners, the shareholders. Without products we buy and approve of they answer to the shareholders who let it be known they aren't happy by selling their stock and causing their value to decline.
If a CEO makes the company more profitable through decisions they make then they most certainly deserve the large salaries and bonuses they receive when the shareholders are receiving a greater return on their investment. The scumbags that cook the books and cause these companies to collapse have given a black eye to the ones that are doing their job and doing it well.
As far as unions, their time and place in this country have come and gone, period. It's a racket and it disgusts me, I get to deal with it at work. You do not deserve a job, you're not owed a job, and just because you've been with a company longer does not mean that during a layoff you should retain yours if a guy thats been there 6 months to your 6 years is more productive. In general Unions cause inflation wherever they are prevalent. Look at the cost of living where unions a re prevalent vs the cost of living where they are not. But keep demanding more, keep costs rising and keep collectively bargaining yourselves out of a job. It's amazing those non union auto plants in the south make products that are just as good and reliable as the union produced vehicles. The buildings that non union contractors magically build don't collapse every day, they're just built for fewer dollars. All union means is you're not strong enough or good enough to negotiate your own way through life anymore. Unions served a great purpose in this country at one point in time, they did their job well and should know when to bow out before the companies you extort are completely destroyed.
As for Harley, I like em, would buy one if I felt like it. Would be even easier if they were built less expensively in Mississippi or Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, etc.
