That is one of the most simplistic and, I'm sorry, simple-minded explanations of a complex decision-making process. The GOP clearly should not have interfered or threatened a business enterprise on ideological grounds as they did and, for better or worse, the rejection of a union VW wanted has made the decision (and…

they lost by a slim margin and they had a majority of cards signed prior. It's fair to say that no matter what argument the UAW had, That the flat out Lies of Corker DURING the election could have had an impact. I believe that Grover Norquist had every right to interfere. NOT Bob Corker a Politician supposed to be…

So one side lied, the other side didn't, and you think that's perfectly fair. And if anything, you're blaming the guys who didn't lie for what, not inventing their own lies? That's some Fox News levels of "fair and balanced reporting".

None of your PS complaints are half so bad as your moronic 'politicians' and bible thumpers.

yes, it was the UNIONS fault working class people in tennessee actually buy in to completely prehistoric tea party economics and hand wavy threats from corrupt politicians

This is why you dont' try to cross a major road when you can't see around the cars on said road.

How would you feel if your senator, or hell even another union's chapter president, insinuated that decertifying a union would cause work slowdowns and layoffs at a plant? How would you feel if your state legislature made incentives contingent on having union representation, and implied that losing the incentives…

Those are surprisingly low salaries for people at the top of a huge organization. That's like bank branch manager level pay.

That's peanuts compared to a CEO of even a regional corporation.

The day I walk into a fucking dealership abd the piece of shut lying sakes guy knows as much as me about the car I want to test drive then I'll maybe sympathize w dealers. They lie and don't know shit about their product. Even BMW dealers

I am originally from Tennessee and I can tell you that my home state has a very long history with organized labor, going all the way back to the 1800's and the huge coal mine companies that operated throughout the region. This "Anti-Union" attitude is more or less a more recent manufactured piece of ideology coming…

2nd Gear: As a native Tennessean, the first mistake made in this article was trying to make sense of what comes out of the mouthes of Southern conservative politicians.

"The hourly labor rates demanded by unions is atrocious."

What, you're trying to explain how stuff actually works to right wingers? There's a losing proposition.

I'm not looking for any negative replies here. I'll dismiss anyone one-sided bullshit posted under this.

The anti-union sign is perhaps one of the most openly transparent ones I've seen that fully exposes the real reason the GOP has been against unions for a long time: It has nothing to do with the workers or what unions actually do. Its all pure politics because since Unions and union members historically vote for…

So why does that idiot Grover Norquist need to get involved in this situation? Anything he has his hand in is sure to stink to high heaven. I'd almost side with whatever side he is against, just out of principle.

When you have cable, you spend a lot of time watching TV indoors on rainy days.

Those aren't studded tires, they're bracelets for a goth elephant.

The Bloomberg article goes into depth a bit more, but the funky math is typical of these large scale buyouts. Fiat SpA pays $1.75B in straight cash to the UAW VEBA, then Chrysler kicks in another $1.9B as a "special dividend", which would usually go to FIAT (as the stock holder) as a return on investment based on…