Completely different situation. You only need the majority of the workers in the union. No single person or small group of people can hold up the process.

For this situation to be at all similar to a union negation, you’d need to group all affected property owners together, offer them some multiple of property value each and ask for a group vote as a binding decision.

That’s still eminent domain, just potentially with a higher payout, which equates to a higher cost to the taxpayers.

Sure. It's often found in the form of a court decision.

> Imagine you offer them 2-10x market value. With a confidentiality clause. And the threat of confiscation or project abandonment. I believe an amiable solution would be found in most cases.

Sure - in most cases. And for the ones that won't? You're going to have to either abandon the project, wait for them to die, or confiscate.