Union Vote At Car Plant Exposes Sneaky Dirty Politics

“This week, employees at an auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee are voting on whether to form a union. It’s interesting for a few reasons: Tennessee is a lo…

15 thoughts on “Union Vote At Car Plant Exposes Sneaky Dirty Politics

  1. There is no problem with a completely PRIVATE union, that is union that is
    not enjoying GOVERNMENT backing and privileges over the business owners.
    However that is NOT what these unions are, these unions are a way for
    GOVERNMENT to take over the companies basically, because unions have
    special access and special privileges with the government. As long as the
    unions are enjoying GOVERNMENT protections, no employer should allow them
    in his business.

  2. Cenk, it would have been great if you put a little bit more research into
    this case:
    In all bigger VW car plants, even in China, the workers are unionized. In
    fact the plant in Chattanooga is the only bigger VW plant worldwide, where
    the workers aren’t unionized. VW works very well together with unions and
    is not aversed to unions whatsoever.
    It wasn’t VW telling the legislators to pretend they are on different
    sides, they are on different sides. Republicans and anti-union lobby groups
    put pressure on both, the UAW and VW, to not form a union.
    Why? Simple: Many foreign car companies have their american car plants in
    Tenessee and other southern states, because they see it as an locational
    advantage that the workers there are not unionized. And they are afraid
    that once the workers unionized at the VW plant, it could spread to other
    companies.

  3. You think strong unions are good for an economy? Check out France where it
    is so hard to fire a person that employers hire less people and put job
    applicants through stricter scrutiny. Basically, unless you know somebody
    in France you are not getting hired and will join the bread line with the
    illegal immigrants from African and the Middle East. “Liberte, Equalite,
    Franternite?” I do not think so. Unions fucked Motor City, do not let it
    happen to your city or town. 

  4. VW kinda wanted the employee to form a union because that’s how they
    operate everywhere. The Republicans freaked because they feared it would
    spread to other automakers.

  5. It seems to me that if the liberals supported tax cuts for everyone there
    would be no reason to stop workers unionising

    unions have created such a mess here in Britain it’s no wonder that the
    Americans are voting against them 

  6. The first rule of business: to make the best quality product possible, at
    the lowest cost possible, and pay the highest wage possible.
    Henry Ford

    I believe in unions, it is one of the driving forces that balanced wealth
    in this country. The unions forcing companies to so much is their driving
    force to make robots and move somewhere they don’t have to pay high labor
    costs. This is what happened in Detroit. I drive around the Detroit and
    Flint Michigan areas and see many vacant factory’s. The company’s have as
    much freedom/rights to move as the workers have to unionize. No matter
    what, if the workers are not happy then they produce less quality, and
    leading to less then standard products.

  7. Cenk you are wrong here the company is NOT on the side of the republicans
    in this instance. VW came out AGAINST the negative influence of the
    republicans multiple times, I can’t beleive you missed the actual thing
    here was that last election cycle unions were the biggest democrat
    supporters so republicans are trying to stop it. Your big business paranoia
    helps no one here please do actual reporting sometimes, ugh this is why TYT
    pisses me off sometimes they dont do reporting they do conspiracy spouting

  8. What is Chattanooga thinking. They could bring in the Libs and the Unions
    to run shit and wind up just like Detroit!! And what american city wouldn’t
    want to be the next Detroit!!

  9. Colorado is a right to work state. A huge wind mill company came to this
    community.
    When the plant opened they company moved their employees in from out of
    state. They only hire people that they know or are related too. They have
    proven age and race discrimination. The best part of it is they claim to be
    an equal opportunity employer.

  10. tenn. is a right to work state = we make a law to protect jobs but really
    it’s a right to fire you for any reason . and rehire someone else . the
    state helping to provide jobs

  11. all places of business are either like this or on their way to becoming
    like this. us working folk will be reduced to very replaceable, underpaid
    disrespected slave laborers. obamacare was only a first step. .. also, btw,
    even if Romney would have been elected, we still would have the affordsble
    care act because politicians and businesses are in cahoots to reduce us to
    slave laborers, which includes hourly wages and no benefits+ fire at will.
    doesn’t matter who is in office, it’s crystal clear where we are headed…
    If tough can’t see it, you aint looking.

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