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WASHINGTON -- Volkswagen AG has been soliciting subsidies from Tennessee and Mexico, hoping to pick a production site this year for a mid-sized SUV due to go on sale in 2016.
And it seems that this week's UAW election at the VW assembly plant in Chattanooga could tilt the competition in Mexico's favor.
The reason? Republican lawmakers in Tennessee might no longer want to double down on the $580 million in state and local incentives that they offered VW in 2008.
If the workers opt for UAW representation, VW would have a "very tough time" securing more incentives from the state legislature, Bo Watson, a state senator from suburban Chattanooga, said during a press conference this morning. He was flanked by House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, a powerful figure in Tennessee politics, who said the "heavy hand" of the UAW is unwelcome in the state.
"The taxpayers of Tennessee reached out to Volkswagen and welcomed them to our state and our community," McCormick, a Republican from Chattanooga, said in an e-mail to Automotive News. "We are glad they are here. But that is not a green light to help force a union into the workplace. That was not part of the deal."
Tenn. politicians threaten to kill VW incentives if UAW wins election
So they are willing to give hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funded subsidies, but only if the company is non union
Why would they care one way or the other? Am I missing something?
Why would they care one way or the other? Am I missing something?
Really ? If they are UAW don't they just hand their ballots over to the DNC (figuratively) on Election Day? What percent of the UAWs money in politics is non partisan? If you were a Republican in Tenn would you want to subsidize Democratic Party donations by the UAW? Really?
Really ? If they are UAW don't they just hand their ballots over to the DNC (figuratively) on Election Day? What percent of the UAWs money in politics is non partisan? If you were a Republican in Tenn would you want to subsidize Democratic Party donations by the UAW? Really?
That's easy; unions give money to Democrats and not Republicans.
I asked a question, I didn't make a statement. So, I assume the answer is that if workers unionize they will be ordered to vote Democrat and that's why the Republicans are against the UAW. That seems like a logical answer but....
..... it begs the question, if you work for VW and you are not in a union, do you vote differently? Theoretically, your ballot is secret so you can vote however you like and lie about it if it's uncomfortable. Even if the UAW management votes Democrat, how many management votes could there be compared to the number of line workers? isn't bringing in the jobs the more important issue? It seems like a lot to give up over a few hundred votes.
So, a politician using their authority to interfere with the oppositions right to speech and assembly is ok with you?
It goes way beyond the votes Speck! Sure some union guys secretly vote Republican but it's the dues going to campaigns that is the killer. DNC is robustly funded by union dues and there is no reason to subsidize that foothold for the left with tax dollars.
It goes way beyond the votes Speck! Sure some union guys secretly vote Republican but it's the dues going to campaigns that is the killer. DNC is robustly funded by union dues and there is no reason to subsidize that foothold for the left with tax dollars.
Why would they care one way or the other? Am I missing something?
You're right. I didn't think about the campaign cash. I'm such an innocent, I'm lucky to be alive.
Still, it does seem kind of selfish. Basically, they have to choose between their careers or gaining jobs. An awkward decision but understandable in the current political landscape.
Yet the president is a dick because you think he interfered with groups on the right's attempts to become sunsidized by tax dollars through tax exemption.
Tenn. politicians threaten to kill VW incentives if UAW wins election
So they are willing to give hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funded subsidies, but only if the company is non union
Well no one ever claimed that all right wingers were intelligent and this case clearly shows that the inbreeding in Tennessee has worked and drawn down the IQ of their right wing politicians.
Tenn. politicians threaten to kill VW incentives if UAW wins election
So they are willing to give hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funded subsidies, but only if the company is non union
Why would they care one way or the other? Am I missing something?
Tenn. politicians threaten to kill VW incentives if UAW wins election
So they are willing to give hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funded subsidies, but only if the company is non union
I asked a question, I didn't make a statement. So, I assume the answer is that if workers unionize they will be ordered to vote Democrat and that's why the Republicans are against the UAW. That seems like a logical answer but....
..... it begs the question, if you work for VW and you are not in a union, do you vote differently? Theoretically, your ballot is secret so you can vote however you like and lie about it if it's uncomfortable. Even if the UAW management votes Democrat, how many management votes could there be compared to the number of line workers? isn't bringing in the jobs the more important issue? It seems like a lot to give up over a few hundred votes.
That's easy; unions give money to Democrats and not Republicans.
No, they are going to continue to get the ~80 million a year from the state's FastTrack program. What they would need to go back to the legislature for is additional subsidies for a proposed plant expansion, since the program doesn't get enough current funding to support the additional subsidies.
In the end, I don't think it matters. Tenn. doesn't allow union membership to be a condition of employment.
It seems the government is going to an extreme, stating not being part of a union is a condition of employment in this case
Which is why big business and unions should not be directly or indirectly influencing elections.
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