The Republican governor and state legislators have begun issuing threats that there won't be any future tax incentives for the company if the union wins the election. In other words, tax incentives are vital to bring jobs to the state-but if they're union jobs, we don't want them. We'd rather see our constituents unemployed than see them get jobs with union representation. So what you now have is Republicans fighting against a corporation to try to impose their vision of management-labor relations, one the corporation doesn't want.
Keep this site free and open for all to read Then yesterday, Republican Sen. Bob Corker claimed , "I've had conversations today and based on those am assured that should the workers vote against the UAW, Volkswagen will announce in the coming weeks that it will manufacture its new mid-size SUV here in Chattanooga.
First, it doesn't pass the smell test: the Chattanooga plant is the only Volkswagen factory in the world that doesn't have a union, and the company has already made its good relationship with unions in general, and its desire for a works council there in particular, quite clear. And second, that kind of blatant attempt to intimidate workers into voting against the union when the election is going on is probably illegal, and could result in the election being halted and rescheduled.
What this issue has revealed is that while one might have thought that as far as conservatives are concerned, the creation of workplaces in which employees are given low wages and few benefits, and generally treated like crap, was merely a means to an end, the end being corporate profits and maximum freedom for business owners.
But what we're now seeing is that a powerless and beaten-down workforce isn't a means to a larger end, and it isn't a byproduct. It is the end in itself. It's the goal. Here you have a highly profitable company that wants to have a more cooperative relationship with its workers, and obviously sees a union as a path to that relationship, because they know that they can work that way with unions, since they do it already all over the world.
But the Republican politicians don't care about what the corporation wants. Without the ability to organize, Workers are isolated and subject to the whims of their masters - the bosses, the managers, the CEOs. Unions help Workers to fight for decent Wages, safe Working Conditions and fair hours. They help Workers fight for the benefits they need and deserve. The disdain Republicans show for Labor Unions is one of the most telling signs of their utter subservience to corporate interests.
They want corporations to have complete control over their Workforce. They want them to have the ability to exploit Workers for more hours, while paying them less and granting them fewer benefits , allowing executives to reap the gains of increased productivity without paying the costs - all in the name of the American Dream , of course.
But for obvious reasons , the discussion of Unions is never framed in this way. We ignore them at our peril. We cannot wait until the axe is about to fall, but must act now to prevent a takeover of our state and destruction of our rights.
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