[Dr. Sivana]

I’m no fan of the modern union, but why should the state legislature get involved in such a private agreement?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Good question. I have no answer.

[petercooper]

They’re providing tax breaks to VW based upon a non-unionized workforce. I say yank them.

[don-o]

I dunno. Even Corker has added his voice. Sounds like the usual idiocy from the Stupid Party.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I’m no fan of the modern union, but why should the state legislature get involved in such a private agreement?

Because the state is already involved by giving them special tax incentives, which should not happen in the first place.

[Responsibility2nd]

It seems obvious to me that local and state officials made tax breaks and other incentives for VW to operate.

So yeah. If workers do Unionize - Tenneesee should beat the hell out of them as they take back the government goodies.

[JAKraig]

I’m no fan of the modern union, but why should the state legislature get involved in such a private agreement?

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The state forgoes taxes so that a company will locate there. The state did not forgo taxes so that union members can take advantage of the taxpayers for higher wages. In other words if the union gets in the state will be subsidizing the wages, in effect helping the people that get the subsidy make more money than the average taxpayer in TN. The company came in because of the lower cost represented by the tax incentives, the company has a lot more invested than what they get by reduced taxes. They could have gone to another state but TN told them they could make a better profit there. Now the UAW wants to get their piece of that profit, and for what? What value do they provide. The German company already has better benefits than most companies in the US. About the only place you can get a better deal than a German company is working for the Federal Government.

We have seen what the unions did to International Harvester, to GM and to Chrysler. Ok, now we want to kill another American Factory. VW could have gone to Mexico but they came here. Being here has a lot of advantages to TN, many people in high paying jobs that likely would not be were it not for the plant. Sure we need to kill another golden egg laying goose.

[SgtHooper]

Because it is the norm for doing business these days, as evidenced by the Odumbo Administration. Do not bring rule-of-law into a discussion anymore. :-)

[Vigilanteman]

More than likely, the state offered the incentives based on financial return projections. Said projections would have to be considerably lowered in the event of a unionized plant.

No, I'm not fond of government playing venture capitalists on behalf of the taxpayers, but if they do, they have the right to protect said investments.

[detective]

There is nothing private about the UAW. They use political pressure on employers to get what they want and they push members to vote for their candidates and to volunteer their time working on their campaigns. They use union dues which are extracted by force to finance their political candidates who they control.

Union representatives also threaten people who try to stop employee theft etc. Watch the movie Goodfelles about how unions would “lean on” people who interfered with hijacking operations and other criminal activities.

[Ingtar]

Tennessee is a right to work state and the provisions of the agreement were based upon the factory being that as well. The German model mandates membership, as far as I can tell.

[BfloGuy]

I’m no fan of the modern union, but why should the state legislature get involved in such a private agreement?

Unions exist purely from the state's intervention. When that is removed, e.g., Wisconsin, the majority of union members quit.

You cannot take the state out of unionism. One way or the other.