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The symbolism here is the south is still the south.
I bet that fierce southern independence made many a VW worker unhappy with the outsiders like Norquist trying to influence them.
The backlash has yet to be felt, the vote was close enough to encourage a continued battle at least from the inside of VW.
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Says the boy from Michigan- the state the unions have brought to bankruptcy and whose population has declined while it's tax base dwindled and it's unemployment numbers went through the roof.
Being a Southerner myself I suspect differently. Perhaps the UAW ought to start selling what people actually want to buy.
The elitist "blame the Republicans/Gorver Norquist BS" is exactly what would cause a worker in that plant to vote non union- obviously some of you (and obviously Mr. King) think they're too stupid to think for themselves. It's also why the union continues to lose members every day. The UAW had every advantage, and then some, in this election. And they still lost.
Maybe the workers figured the union isn't going to get them a better salary, that they're going to take money away from what they already make and they're going spend it on things most of those workers don't support. Maybe the workers realized that the UAW is going to continue to enrich their own management- most of whom make salaries which put them squarely in the "1%" bracket- and give away more money to any politician who will give them the upper hand. And maybe those workers thought you know, I make good money, I have great working conditions, I'm proud of what I do and a I've got a solid future- what in the sam heck do I need the UAW for?
But, yeah blame the Republicans. And Grover Norquist. And conveniently forget that another politician tried putting his hand on the scale.