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https://autorepmans.com/extimages/2014/01/466.jpg On Tuesday, the New York Times published a look at the ongoing feud between pro- and anti-union forces at Volkswagens plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It paints a picture of a political battle fought mainly by outside forces, utilizing the deep pockets of some of the nations most powerful lobbying groups. Steven Greenhouses story Outsiders, Not Auto Plant, Battle U. A. W. in Tennessee is mainly focused on the lobbying efforts of anti-union groups, including the freshly minted Center for Worker Freedom. The CWF is a subsidiary of Americans for Tax Reform, the well-known anti-tax group led by conservative titan Grover Norquist. Conservative commentator Matt Patterson heads the CWF, and has made it clear that he wants the UAW out of Chattanooga, telling the NYTUnions are a big driver of government. Unions are very political, the U. A. W. is one of the most political. If they help elect politicians who pass huge government programs, that requires taxes. Mr. Patterson has serious resources to call upon in his crusade. In a piece for conservative blog The Daily Caller, Mr. Patterson lambasted the UAW as a left-wing ATM machine. He also criticized the recent rejection by the NLRB of a worker complaint alleging misleading solicitation by the UAW at Chattanooga, labeling it as politically motivated. Mr. Pattersons CWF is just one of a number of conservative lobbying groups making their presence known in the region. Previous efforts by the UAW to organize the transplant auto factories have widely been dismissed as moribund. However, the level of spending and lobbying action of anti-union groups suggests otherwise, at least in this case. Greenhouses full piece is well worth a read, if only because it shows how high the stakes at Chattanooga have become (or at least are perceived to be). It also demonstrates, perhaps unintentionally, how pro-union and anti-union have been constructed as all-or-nothing categories in post-bailout America. That new politics of exclusion has turned what would originally have been a fairly small-scale regional controversy into a national issue. Асцярога (або надзея) "эфект даміно" шырокага аб'яднання ў прафсаюзы Паўдневага аўтапрама адчувальная сярод груп з нацыянальным вяшчаннем. Нават так, узровень турботы можа быць перабольшаная. Кожнае расліна ўнікальна, і з вытворчасці падзяляюцца паміж сабой ўсе большае колькасьць OEM-вытворцаў і лакацый, магчымасць аб'яднання ў прафсаюзы аўтаматычна распаўсюджваючы тонкі. Фольксвагены добра разрэкламаваных складанасці са збытам прадукцыі ў Паўночнай Амерыцы ў спалучэнні з маштабных звальненняў у мінулым годзе, несумненна, спрыялі выключны клімат на заводзе, адзін у адрозненне ад перасадкі іншых фабрык. Будучыня па-ранейшаму тоіць шмат нявызначанасцяў для сяброў і ворагаў арганізаванага працы.
