now we've got a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee an
so workers are thinking about joining a union that make sense though
because then they're pay would be higher possibly
the key to join the united auto workers is that you can band together as a
worker so you have some sorta leverage
but there's all this thing the book a if you go to a complaint your bosses and
you're just one employee you get fired in a
replace you and you have no power and no leverage can ask for more money can ask
for more vacation time
or whatever it might be right that's why people banded together to create unions
in the first place
and they work well for a long time in a what they did was they gave
some leverage back to the employees so that it was a
a little bit more balanced right now of course republicans have been on the
attack against
units for a long time because they get funded by the company's
and the companies don't want it workers have leverage
they wanna have all the power over their workers so that's the case here
as well so now they're workers are
unionizing well the companies are then going
to the legislators that they have already bought of and saying hey
do our bidding for us now there's some great ironies here
so first let's go to the Tennessee State senator Bowl Watson
who's gonna tell us what he's gonna do if the workers decide to use
he says should the workers choose to be represented by the United Auto Workers
that I believe additional incentives for expansion we have a very tough time
passing the tennessee senate
so he saying if the workers decided they're going to unionize
we will punish the company by taking away their tax except now wait a minute
is that what the company once
why would they want to take away their own taxes yes
it is may go tell the legislators hey we don't want this unique replicate pretend
we're on different sides
and that you would be Esteban why would you be against that why would you want
to drive at a company that's in your state
because they were treating their employees better the reality is
you don't want them to treat their employees there by the way their
employees
are your citizens the people you suppose be representing but what's that but
you're not you represent that company
in this scam when you view details on the scam this second but the governor's
with them
bill has em spokesperson of course bill has most or republican
in discussion incentives are part of an additional
they continue talks with BW which we look forward to
he didn't understand that that's a threat okay
when I can give you those tax incentives if you unionize
now between a rational discussion here VW executives would go in go
we talking about we don't do you know your why would you take your taxes that
is the way
but the reality is they're on the same side they're basically
using the legislators the threaten their own citizens
but they're not alone the different groups have put up right-wing groups
twelve different billboards around Chattanooga to say to the Union
to the workers all my god if you wind up unionizing
up of there's gonna be trouble now what are these groups called
first one is called the center per worker
freedom I just
great man I love it orwell's gonna be thinkin
nailed it the worker freedom now you tell me
all those companies gave money to these
right-wing groups who then put up the billboard spent all that money marketing
against the unions
why cuz they wanted to help the workers with their freedom or they plot well
then I'd have to pay the workers more and I don't want to do that
I'd rather spend it on right-wing political groups I rather spend it
legally bribing politicians I rather spend it on a marketing campaign
rather spend it on my actual workers has a free to working out for you
now the final piece %uh viridis the second group that some bob was camping
Americans for Tax Reform now why's that I run
this is the Grover Norquist lead group and
if there's one thing they do Minister argue for tax cuts
under any and all circumstances huh
wait a minute in this case they're doing the
opposite they're saying take away the tax incentives and the tax cuts
from BW if their workers union
it's because they're not in favor of tax cuts they don't give attack damn about
tax cuts a new don't give a damn about tax reform
what they care about this helping rich people and multinational corporations
the whole park about all the tax cuts will stimulate the economy
is just the cobber to actually help
the rich and the powerful so in this case they
argue against tax cuts why
to make sure the corporations when and their workers will lose
understand the Republican Party and these right-wing groups nothin but a
shell game
their show group Ste designed to make sure
that multinational corporations in the richest people in the country
have leverage in power over you