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Haslam has shown where his priorities are, as has Sen. Corker.
Leaked documents obtained by Nashville TV station NewsChannel 5 WVTF reveal communications between the employees of two Tennessee Republicans—Sen. Bob Corker and Gov. Bill Haslam—and a network of prominent anti-union professionals during the United Auto Workers' union drive at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga earlier this year.
Sen. Corker and Gov. Haslam have been blamed by the union for contributing to the drive’s defeat by making public statements against the UAW. Prior to the election, Corker claimed that the plant would add an additional SUV assembly line if workers voted against the union, while Haslam implied that businesses had told him that they might not relocate to Tennessee if workers at Volkswagen voted to join the UAW
The legal ramifications
After the union defeat, the UAW filed a case with the National Labor Relations Board charging that outside political interference by Corker and the state GOP leadership prevented workers from receiving a fair election. On Tuesday, the UAW used the NewsChannel 5 report to file a supplemental brief with the NLRB, alleging that the leaked documents provide even greater evidence that government officials coordinated their efforts to hinder the union drive. “Doubtless there is more evidence of such coordination in addition to this particular leaked email chain, given the tone of familiarity among the email recipients,” wrote the UAW in the brief.
Haslam has been a failure. Our state unemployment rate is the same as the nation's, while under ex Governor Bredesen, it was consistently well below the US average until the Great Recession. We were too auto dependent than for jobs, and under Haslam, that flaw which made the Recession worse here has become worse. We're set up for horrific unemployment, when, not IF, US auto production returns to more natural levels, versus its hyper pace now.
The legal ramifications
After the union defeat, the UAW filed a case with the National Labor Relations Board charging that outside political interference by Corker and the state GOP leadership prevented workers from receiving a fair election. On Tuesday, the UAW used the NewsChannel 5 report to file a supplemental brief with the NLRB, alleging that the leaked documents provide even greater evidence that government officials coordinated their efforts to hinder the union drive. “Doubtless there is more evidence of such coordination in addition to this particular leaked email chain, given the tone of familiarity among the email recipients,” wrote the UAW in the brief.
VW cooperated fully with the UAW - gave them offices in the plant and company time to do their organizing for a Union at the plant. The workers voted against the UAW - they don't want a Union.
The UAW understands that they are more likely to alienate workers with this stupid appeal than they are to gain anything at all. They dropped the appeal to the vote.
"As much as President Obama would like to believe “the private sector is doing fine,” the rest of us know that statement is false. Having launched the AmericanJobCreators.com platform at the beginning of last year, this Committee has heard from thousands of job creators about burdensome federal regulations that are killing jobs and stifling growth.
Unfortunately, the “regulatory tsunami” that has swelled in the past three years is not expected to relent anytime soon, thanks in part to Dodd-Frank and Obamacare. Hundreds of costly new rules are in the pipeline, and America’s job creators are waiting to see what the Administration adopts next."
No. he is just another anti labor that fortunately for him does not have to work in an automated factory. If you think all the robots in a modern factory are painted yellow and live on electricity, think again. People in a factory need a union to represent their interests and to keep the job from completely dehumanizing them.
FWIW - I worked in a factory for a while but I was eventually able to do something else.
The people that work there think not. They decided that they don't want a corrupt organization like the UAW and it's goons backmailing them for money for the privilege of working for someone else. In other scenarios it's referred to as "protection money".
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