The Americans with Charlie LeDuff: The death of the UAW

myfoxdetroit.com ^ | Mar 06, 2014 | Charlie LeDuff

[cripplecreek]

As you might of heard, the UAW went down to Chattanooga, Tenn. and took a bullet a few weeks ago when non-unionized workers at the Volkswagen plant told them to pack their carpet bags and head north.

Now the question is: Why would a Southern man trust his future to a German company and not an American union? We deserve an explanation, since we not only bailed out the auto companies but also the pension fund of the UAW.

In this edition of The Americans with Charlie LeDuff, the crew takes us on a journey that starts at the UAW headquarters in Detroit and takes us to plants in Tennessee and Alabama.

LeDuff talks to workers at the Volkswagen plant: Matt Patterson, Executive Director, Center for Worker Freedom, an anti-union organization; workers at a Mercedes plant; a man who is unemployed and eats squirrel; and LeDuff wraps it up with an interesting conversation with Republican Senator Richard Shelby from Alabama.

[cripplecreek]

Charlie LeDuff is my favorite investigative journalist. He gets the door slammed in his face by the Unions and finds friendly faces among the right wing non unionists.

The video is well worth a watch.

[IronJack]

The Devil went down to Georgia but he sent his minions to Tennessee. However, those decent southern folks sent all of ‘em packing with their forked tails between their legs.

[Don Corleone]

Why would they vote to join a union that represents and owns one of their major competitors? A no brainer.

[blueunicorn6]

I grew up in a GM family, but I’ll never buy another UAW made car. The UAW can steal the money I pay in taxes, but they’ll never get another dime from me buying the cars they make.