re: #339 Gus

Perhaps it’s time to think about providing competing labor organizations in the labor representation market-place instead of being subjected to one labor-union monopoly.

That might be in order. 2 parts of the reason the UAW lost the vote in Chattanooga were:

1. Reputation. The UAW has earned a reputation for intransigence and insisting upon productivity killing work rules. Some of that reputation is overblown, but enough of it is certain.

2. Identity. This is somewhat about North/South regionalism but also about the UAW being identified strongly with the Democrats. For a number of reasons many auto workers in the South are Republicans and they don’t want to be part of a union that they do not feel represents them politically.