workers at a foreign owned plant. this would be a big step forward for the united auto workers. it will make an effort to unionize other plants down in the south. why not? they have workers in alabama, georgia, mississippi. is there something about this depressing wages in the south? do the southerners down there not like workers? it's a cultural thing, i believe. get it cheap. get it as cheap as you possibly can. nobody is forcing them to join. it's freedom. meanwhile, if something is good for workers, i guess we can say that we know that the republicans are against it. this is unprecedented. senator bob corker and tennessee governor bill haslem, they're trying to scare employees into voting no. painting a negative se narrir - scenario. >> the officers a month ago talking about fighting and combat and all those kind of things, if that's the environment, the uaw is the people to choose. >> now we're into insults and k accusations. can you point to any place in america where there have been sticks pulled out to fight? if workers don't stick up for themselves, they won't have any

the department has received xhments comments from the services united workers west expressing opposition and they have received a letter in support. the staff preliminary recommendations for the approval that concludes my presentation. thank you >> any questions for staff before the sponsor begins? commissioner matsuda >> i have a question thank you very much for your presentation. i had a question about this do we ask about legislation? that's referred to in our materials on page 3 for foil number 0359 pending legislation before the board. it goes on to explain what this is why didn't this piece of legislation every dom come before the board. i had to go to the planning commissions agenda to get the summary and as noted i made a comment about where the h pc is on there could you explain that to me why this commission was never aware and never formerly informed of this legislation when it clearly fits into what we do >> i'm going to defer this to those city attorney. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm the deputy city attorney. under the carry it says referral to following matters be s

workers' council. unfortunately, this vote is a major setback for the united auto workers. it would have been the first foreign owned plant to unionize in the united states. the uaw still has plans to organize other foreign plants in the south, but of course because of what unfolded here, it's going to be a heavier lift at these other plants. make no mistake. the textbook has been written on how to defeat them. the outcome of the vote was influenced by these guys right here. senator bob corker of tennessee and governor bill haslem. they were pressuring employees to vote no. this was a flat out republican anti-media blitz is what it was. workers were swayed into voting against their own self-interests when you look at it. here's what republicans were saying leading into the vote. put yourself in their position if you heard stuff like this from an elected official. >> the officers a month ago talking about fighting and combat and all of those kind of things, if that's the kind of environment you want, uaw are the people to choose. >> there's no question if the uaw comes there,

today workers of the chattanooga volkswagen plant started a voting period as to whether they're going to join the united auto workers. freedom. if this plant votes to unionize, the uaw would establish the first ever german style works council. it would negotiate wages and benefits for the plant. it is a right to work state. workers, they're not going to be forced to do anything. they don't have to join the union. nobody is beating the living tar out of them. they can do what they said. that's why i asked you to focus on the word freedom. it's what the republicans love. make no mistake, if this plant unionizes, it would have national implications. the chattanooga plant would be the first foreign assembly plant to unionize in the united states. hold it right there. wow, that's a mouthful. we love china. we love everybody else who takes our jobs, but if a foreign company comes into our territory, wait a minute. they're a foreign company. we can't have them do that. i think it is very interesting that it's a german company. germany, they look unions and wages and they actually make stuff. they're a manufact

workers at a volkswagon there decides whether to join the united auto workers union. >>> a dangerousm slamming southeast us. snow and ice already causing major problems. more than 200,000 homes and businesses without power at this hour. and the storm will be heading up the coast. >> it will be moving north. the actual track depends on who sees the most snow, but that's what we're looking at. high-pressure keeping the cold air at the surface. it will redevelop as the storm moves across the southeast, then we're getting gulf moisture and atlantic moisture together. here is the actual track. you see how it redevelops here by 1:00 in the morning. this is bands of heavy snow coming in. this looks to be all snow from philadelphia to nigh a even i-95 down to baltimore and washington, d.c. then a change could happen as warmer air gets pulled in. then back to snow as the moisture wraps around and the cold air approaches from the west. it won't end until friday at around 3:00 in the morning. the heavy snow band by 6:00 in the morning, then mixing from baltimore up through philadelphia, washing

workers today. employees at the volkswagen plant in chattanooga are casting ballots on whether or not to join the united auto workers union. if approved it would be the first foreign-owned auto plant represented by the uaw in the u.s. in 27 years, and the first ever in the south. phil lebeau has more. >> reporter: on a cloudy day in chattanooga, tennessee, workers at the volkswagen plant are starting to clear up their future. voting on whether or not to join the united auto workers union, a move some workers believe will make their plant more competitive. >> we will have an opportunity to voice our concerns and the things that we hope to improve the company. and i think that will work better for us than the current system. >> i want us to have a voice in the global works council. and i want us to be able to bring more products, more cars here to chattanooga. >> reporter: vw's plant in tennessee is a rare opportunity for the uaw to add members after a foreign-brand plant in the southern u.s., something it's never done. over the last 35 years, as foreign automakers like bmw, toyota, and others started bui

payne announced that a united auto workers led union drive at a volkswagen plant in chattanooga tennessee had failed while six hundred twenty six workers voted in favor of joining the union seven hundred twelve workers eighty six more voted against doing so the result of the three day long election was shocking to many u.a.w. organizers up until the very end. most thought they did score a big victory in the volunteer state and for good reason to tennessee is actually the fastest growing state in the country for union membership and because the union the u.a.w. wanted to create in chattanooga was supposed to be part of a plan to create a european style works council like they actually have in germany volkswagen didn't oppose the unionization rose fight with. but it appears that a last minute scare campaign by led by republican lawmakers including tennessee senator bob corker of tennessee governor bill haslam worked like a charm it's hard to see just how many votes corker has the other conservatives took away from the u.a.w. but there's no question that there are scare tactics had a huge im

and workers at a volkswagen plant in tennessee voted against joining the united auto workers which wouldve been the first foreign auto manufacturer in the south to unionize. >>> a jury entered it's fourth day of deliberation of michael dunne who shot and killed over loud music. >>> preparations for a spectacular nighttime parade are finally being completed. al jazeera easily is a bernard's more. >> in chinatown preparations for a happy new year. >> it's like thanksgiving for chinese. all the family members get together and have a feast. >> good buy to the year of the snake. dave thomas and his team are making the floats that will welcome the year of the horse. >> this year we carved more horses than you could get on a prairie right now. >> reporter: his east-west float company will build 21 floats this year sponsors pay anywhere from $30,000 to more than $100,000 to get one of thomas' floats in the famous san francisco chinese new year parade. >> how long did it take? >> this is ten day's worth of work, and i usually start with the emotions. i start the emotions and then i build a float

hi, i'm jazzy work with the united workers west and i think the last meeting i came to you expressed i represent 4 thousand members and security officers many work and live in the city. our members make modest salaries their reliant on public transit my public spaces sort of the whole environmental picture that's looked at the under sequa is important to our members a lot of them live in small apartments and don't have cars. so we're concerned about the way this process has been done. as i've said before i don't know if there's someone from forter if i say piecemeal but points of view this come before this body and piece of this this before the architecture committee and before the board of supervisors and we hope that this would come as a package and have it delivered under sequa for you'll the possible impacts as we believe the law says rather than doing in back and forth and to consider all the things i think we're now looking at the project sponsors and the planning department are seeking an exemption from sequa and so i guess i understand why there would more time for the contin

my first guest says that it is a major victory for workers and the united auto workers union who work together to unionize it and we have the most powerful organized union foundation and joins us tonight from washington. all right. first, this question has to be foremost in the mind. so why would they work to unionize their plan? >> no, that is a great question. we think that unions are part and parcel of the management structure. working with unions and hey mentioned that that is important to them. here they are allowing us to germa. >> the vote wasecisive. it was 712626 with the union with 90% participation and what does that say to you? sumac important thing to remember and they claimedthat they had a majority to base on the claim in chattanooga. volkswagen is almost ready to do that until the couragus employees that work ere stood up and said wait a minute. and we found those and they had a signature by 611 of their employees and this went aw when something you've been taing about as well with other things. 53% said no. >> every part of this with every endeavor and certainly a con

screwed news last week tennessee senator bob corker claimed that if workers at a chattanooga volkswagen plant voted against joining the united auto workers walk so i can would reward them by building this new line of s.u.v.s and tennessee he said i've had conversations today and based on those m. assured that should the workers vote against the u.a.w. volkswagen will announce in the coming weeks that it will manufacture its new mid-size s.u.v. here in chattanooga at a volkswagen chattanooga plant ended up refuting corkers comments that the u.a.w. thinks that the senators threat ended up playing a big role in swaying the chattanooga election against the union senators threat may also play a big role in determining volkswagens future plans for the american south that's because as a german company volkswagen is required to include workers in all business related decisions it does this by doing it by using something called a works council a special union like organization that works with management on a number of issues including safety in strategy if the workers of all boats wagons chattanooga plant had voted to join the u.a.w.

workers at a car plant in the south kicking the union to the curb. telling him to pack bags and head back north. employers rejecting the unitedorkers plan to unionize them. the union trying for years to finally build their cars in america so that they can avoid union fox correspondent joins us from chattanooga, tennessee. how big of a blow is this one to the unions? >> good evening, judge. this is significant for a number of reasons. but mostly because unions saw this as one of their best opportunities to try to organize, try to represent one of these plants here in the south owned by foreign auto manufacturer and that's because they basically had volkswagen working with them. work places volkswagen estimated timetable. the union to come into the factory out. last week or so. join union. this has really been what was seen as probably the best case that they had to try organize one of these plants, unable to do 712 to 626 on this one. all of this because of an agreement with volkswagen and united workers now the uaw will stay out of this plant for the next year and not try to organize this plant. it doesn't stop another union

we know from long history that workers everywhere in the united states want union representation whenthem a free decision on whether they want to join a union. so this will demonstrate workers vote to be represented by the uaw because the employer said it's your decision. we're going to be neutral in this. we believe that workers should have a right to representation. it will show that workers everywhere, given the opportunity to be in unions, a free democratic opportunity, will choose representation, and that will give us a great opportunity to take this works council motto and apply it in the u.s. that i think will -- look at germany. it's been the most successful industrialized country because of codetermination. >> all right. bob king, uaw, great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. good luck to you. thank you so much. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >>> good evening, ed. and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, getting the story straight. one of the key questions in the s

workers at a volkswagen plant in tennessee reject the united auto workers after a costly antiunion campaign. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a new report based on top-secret documents from edward snowden has revealed how the united states and britain targeted the whistleblowing website wikileaks after it published documents on the u.s.-led war in afghanistan. according to report co-authored by glenn greenwald and published intercept.org, britain's top spy agencies eagerly monitored visitors to wikileaks site by collecting their ip addresses in real time. the national security agency added wikileaks founder julian hunting" target list alongside al qaeda suspects. the documents also show the u.s. urged its allies to file criminal charges against assange over the afghan war logs. we will be joined by julian assange and his attorney michael ratner after the headlines. in iraq, a series of deadly car bombings has rocked baghdad and the area south of it today, one day after another wave of explosions killed at le

my first guest says that it is a major victory for workers and the united auto workers union who work together to unionize it and we have the most powerful organized union foundation and joins us tonight from washington. all right. first, this question has to be foremost in the mind. so why would they work to unionize their plan? >> no, that is a great question. we think that unions are part and parcel of the management structure. working with unions and they mentioned that that is important to them. here they are allowing us to germany. >> the vote was decisive. it was 712626 with the union with 90% participation and what does that say to you? sumac important thing to remember and they claimed that they had a majority to base on the claim in chattanooga. volkswagen is almost ready to do that until the courageous employees that work there stood up and said wait a minute. and we found those and they had a signature by 611 of their employees and this went away when something you've been talking about as well as with other things. 53% said no. >> every part of this with every endeavor an

volkswagon workers rejected the united auto workers union in tennessee because they would be paid lessthey said this about the vote to "fox & friends"." >> we make a living to provide for our families. i want to go to work and progress and make more and help my company be profitable. i don't want to go to work and make less and cost my company more money to produce a product. >> msnbc and liberals say that's not the issue at all. instead blaming rates for the blow. >> this is kind of a northern invasion a refighting of the civil war. apparently there are not a lot of black employees in this particular plan. so that kind of waiving of the con federfederate flag was an effective strategy. >> that would explain also the sign united obama workers. >> the election loss is considered a major blow to uaw southern expansions. >> savings accounts for all? they want to draft a regulation that would give every child born in the united states $500 to start their own savings account. >> this plan would put a dent in the poverty rate. it would rgrow tax free and can only be taken out for education p

pensions were certainly not, the pensions -- the city of detroit were not targeted at auto workers, the united auto workers at all. >> thank you very much. >> ending three years of political bickering with just one vote, something that almost never happens in washington did. a deal with no strings attached, why america won't default on its debt. >> there have been no diplomatic ties between the u.s. and cuba's since the 1960 says, by allies are warming to the castro regime. we'll tell you what's behind the news. >> every time the phone rings or someone says they have news from the prison, my heart sinks. >> this palestinian mother's heartbreaking story, by dozens aren't getting the medical care they need to survive behind bars. >> for the good afternoon, the minimum wage will be going up, president obama set to sign an executive order today raising the hourly wage to $10.10. he mentioned it in his state of the union address last month saying he would take action if congress failed to act, affecting 250,000 federal workers. the president hopes to raise the minimum wage for all workers by the en

and the united auto workers kill jobs, kill neighborhoods and destroyed the city of detroit and i thinkpeople in tennessee and chattanooga and other southern cities being start targeted by the united auto workers are saying, hey, not here take your plague of locusts and bother cleveland. stuart: was it a debate for president obama? the unions are a key constituency, he's moved heaven and earth to try to get union membership xpanded. is this a direct-- >> yes, president obama tried to end elections and why president obama and the union bosses don't want elections to create new unions, they want to do that card check thing. several times in the last two years, the union-- oh, we have the card checks, we have them, we have them. and no they didn't. and people were fibbed to about what they were signing or perhaps didn't actually sign it themselves. card check would have forced all of these people into a union. when they have an election, a secret election, they're able to say no. even though the company didn't protect the workers by letting them hear an alternative view. they had guys lite

worker freedom. this billboard delivered the suggestion of socialism, united obama workers.e meant to strike fear in the hearts of workers everywhere. detroit, brought to you by the uaw. >> so they can't help with the wages. you've got a facility that is the most advanced environmental sound facility in the world right here in chattanooga, tennessee. so what is this about? it's about one thing. it's about money and it's about power. >> that's the one thing senator corker did get right in all of this. the fight in workers rights and the battle over unionization is about those things -- money and power. joining me now from washington, timothy noah. thank you so much for joining the program, especially on this day when the conversation about fair wages is as relevant as it ever has been. what struck me was the odd bedfellows here. the uaw took a neutral position on the unionization of its own employe employees. the first step to getting a workers council is allowing peoples to unionize. were you struck by the fierceness of the conservative opposition to this? >> it was strange.

workers. they make great products. they make the top selling pickup in the united states.here is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that unions and the uaw in particular are now parking lot of the -- part of the challenge. none of that has to do with the hard working men and women who put those cars together. >> when the automobile loan was fished out, the unions had to go back, redo the entire game plan as far as wages, pension, benefits, health care, everything was redone. now they're getting bonus checks, the workers, because they have redone the industry because of outside foreign pressure. no question about it. it has always been a real source of soreness for a lot of people that unions cause outsourcing. it simply isn't the case, is it? >> it's not. there's no evidence that unions cost that. part of it is the lack of a good manufacturing policy. in germany, unions and worker councils all throughout manufacturing, it had $48 an hour average wages in manufacturing. u.s. average wage is $32 an hour. manufacturing had nothing to do with wage rates or unionization rates. i

. >>> the tennessee workers have said no to union. 712 voted against joining the united auto workers, 626 voted for it. al jazeera's erica ferrari has more. >> it's a sting to auto workers in general. after secret voting, tennessee's auto workers say no to union representation. >> my heart is pounding with exceeding joy. we are thankful that it turned out the way it did. >> volkswagen has invested $1 billion in the tennessee plant. the company was lured there by more than $577 million in state and local incentives. some viewed unionizing as a setback that would only benefit the uaw. >> the problem is the uaw has a need for our money. they don't care about these guys. they really don't. >> reporter: the campaign was seen as organized labor's best chance to expand into foreign-owned plants in the south. that very idea brought more reaction from outside interests than from the plant workers themselves. conservative groups rented billboards in tennessee and blamed the uaw for detroit's financial troubles. while governor bill haslam spoke out, volkswagen remained neutral throughout. even a

as of next week, foreign-owned volkswagen could see its u-s workers join the united auto workers union. whatever the outcome, the vote by 15-hundred tennessee workers will impact the auto industry. the vote which is scheduled for next thursday and friday, is the first time in 13 years that the uaw has attempted to organize workers of a foreign car company. the uaw would like to bolster its rolls with a yea vote -- while a nay vote could depress wages across the industry. factory orders fell in december- but not as much as expected. the 1.5% decline was the largest since july, however, economists predicted 1.7% drop. fewer orders for aircraft was a big part of the hit according to data from the commmerce department. the demand for durable goods - fell 4.2% but that was slightly less than the estimated 4.3%. sixteen female employees at jp morgan will split a 1.4 million dollar settlement for allegations of discrimination. j-p morgan denies the women at an ohio call center were openly ridiculed and not given bonuses. in a 2009 lawsuit, the employees allege they were refered to as "girlie'

workers at the volkswagen plant in chattanooga, tennessee, voting down the united auto workers union attempt to unionize that shop. the defeat surprising many. this as volkswagen supportive of the uaw efforts. bryan yennis has more on what this could mean for the union's expansion plans. >> reporter: the united auto workers membership and influence has been declining for decades. the uaw has publicly admitted the union has no long-term future if they can not begin to organize outside of detroit's three major auto companies. and expand into southern united states, which is exactly why last night's vote was so big. the plant was seen by union supporters as the uaw's best chance to begin expanding into the south. but after three days of balloting workers at the plant voted friday night 712-626 against joining the uaw. while friday night's vote is a major win for republicans, like senator bob corker of tennessee, who blamed the uaw for bankrupting u.s. auto makers in detroit. he has been the most vocal opponent and was crucial in bringing volkswagen to chattanooga. the plant became a pol

south as employees at the volkswagen plant in chattanooga, tennessee, voted against joining the united auto workers union. the decision expecting to obstruct the long-term plans to organize other auto plants down south. brian llenas live with more. >> united auto workers membership and influence has been declining for decades. uaw publically admitted that the union has no long-term future if they cannot begin to organize outside of detroit's three major auto companies and expand to the at least 14 foreign auto assembly plants in the southern united states. which is why yesterday's vote was such a big deal. chattanooga volkswagen plant was seen by supporters as the uaw's best chance to begin expanding into the south. after three days of secret balloting, workers at the plant voted friday night 712-626 against joining the uaw. it's a stunning vote, particularly because vw was seen as friendly to the union. they maintained they were neutral throughout the vote. friday night's vote is a major win for republicans like senator bob corker of tennessee, who blames the uaw bankrupting u.s. automakers this d

he has been against it, and he said this, quote, that he has been assured if workers reject united auto country will reward the plant with the opportunity to build the new mid-sized suv. volkswagen officials have made several statements, saying that the vote will have no bearing on whether the suv will be made at the chattanooga plant or at the plant in mexico. tennessee republicans have also threatened to take away volkswagen's tax incentives if the workers join to vote the uaw. in step america's mayor, virg menaro says rather than dealing with the intimidation and fighting, volkswagen can just pack up and come on the his city. >> the legislature, the governor, they have the nerve, the item merit to threaten the expansion based on unionization? it's incredible. i was amazed by it, but then i smelled opportunity. >> volkswagen plans to invest $7 billion in north america in order to bill its midsized suvs. virg bernero with us. good to have you with us. >> good to be back. >> always looking for an opportunity to help the american worker. i love it. you wrote a letter to the ceo of volksw

workers at the volkswagen plant in tennessee voting friday night to reject united auto workers efforts to organize. that lawsuit is particularly surprising because vw was seen as friendly to the union, even allowing reps into the chattanooga plant to make their case to employees. brian llensa is wlifb more. >> this he voted against the united auto workers union. the chattanooga volkswagen plant opened in 2011 and volkswagen's only u.s. plant. it would have been the first successful effort to unionize workers in the south. bob king admitted the union has no long-term future if they cannot begin to organize in the south where there are 74 automaker assembly plants. friday's vote is major win for republicans like senator bob corker who argue unions will push auto companies away. corker has been the most vocal opponent and crucial bringing volkswagen to chattanooga. >> how many companies from south korea or japan or germany, how many of them do you think make a stop in detroit to look at locating there? none. not a one. it's because of the culture the uaw has largely contributed to. >> cor

united auto workers is asking for a revote. union claiming outside interference including anti-union comments by tennessee senator bob corker. they want the national labor relations board to call for an election. >> "techknow" visits a college in new york city that trains crime scene investigators. we have the preview. >> i'm here in the heart of new york city where they train the best of the best in tomorrow's crime scene investigators. professor here are the cutting edge of forensic technology to help them stay one step ahead of the criminals. >> wow, what type of information are we going to be getting? >> we're going to see the bullet approach where it's stable flight. then we see it's in intersection with the glass and then we see the fracture pattern of the glass. the glass will have fractures. it will have radial and concentric fractures. >> testing human biological evidence that could one day solve crimes. >> we had him show off his work and grabbed a volunteer. >> we're going to have each of you smell a flower, and i'm

workers working. >> autos stinging blow to the united auto workers union and organized labor in general after three days of secret balloting, employees at volkswagen chattanooga plant say no. >> my heart is just pounding with exceeding joy. we're thankful that it turned out the way that it did. >> volkswagen has invested $1 billion in the plant which began building passat mid size sedans three years ago. the company was lured there with state an benefits. >> the problem with the uaw has a need for our money. they don't care about these guys. they really don't. >> the campaign was seen as organized labor's best chance to expand into foreign owned plans in the south. that brought more reaction from outside interests than plant workers themselves. conservative groups rented billboards in tennessee and blamed uaw for detroit's financial troubles. while senators spoke out. volkswagen remained neutral throughout. >> between the two institutions, volkswagen and the uaw i know of not one incident of aggression or animosity coming out of this problem. >> the uaw adding while we're outraged by politicians an

lot of distrust especially in places like the south. >> a lot of talk is this the end of the united auto workerize in the south, they will be slowly wasting away. i guess i don't buy that because i think that they will still make a lot of efforts in the south and they have the strength in detroit and a lot of political support from the democrats and the administration. >> yeah, i think you're right. i think unions and the democrats have become something of a self sustaining system here. but there is no question a real sense that if they can't do it when they have the support of management, when can they. >> it looked like yesterday's solution. it's a big problem for the democrats here. affiliated with the old industrial unions like the ua wcht and the public sector unions, they don't look like they have any forward vision. >> but it's the private sector -- private sector unions at least have a stake in economic success. the union movement becomes dominated by public sector unions and government unions where it's easier to organize. isn't that a particular problem maybe for some of the images th

and apparently that led some workers in tennessee to question what the benefit of being in e theun someone would be. >> uniteduto workers spent more than two years pushing for that vote. let's turn to rebecca because new england is get can ready to be hit by a blizar? >> snow over the cost and that snow is getting heavier and heavier. we are beginning to see it track out of the new york area as we get into the next 3 to four hours and it's going to intensify as we get into places like boston, and plymouth. in fact, plymouth, we had a live shot here of the snow that's already on the ground, and we are starting to see those flames come down on the leading edge of the storm. plymouth, you are in a blizzard warning until 5:00 a.m. in the morning. right now, we are seeing that snow creep its way up the northeast coast, and we have some concerns about nguyen winds. of course, winds are what blow the snow around and give you that blizzard warning. areas that are going to get anywhere from six to eight inches of snow. gusts 35 to 55 miles an hour. hurricane-force winds are offshore. but you can see as you get closer

waving of the confederate flag with an effective strategy. >> that would explain also the sign united obama workers>> they're playing the race card on that. they have no other way to explain how -- keep in mind the united auto workers went into the chattanooga volkswagen plant where the manager said if you want to try to unionize go ahead but the people took a look at what they would get in their union membership and the people said we get a better deal from volkswagen and we don't have to pay that great big dues. mike jarvis works in that plant. he told us this yesterday about the u.a.w. and their deal. >> if we would go to what the other three, ford, g.m. and chrysler would make and that is less than we're making now. i would have took about a $3 an hour pay cut. why do we work? we work to make a living to provide for our families, and i want to go to work and progress and make more and help me company be profitable. i don't want to go to work and make less and cost my company more money to produce a product. >> anything about race in there? that's true there, someone who is working and wants to

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tennessee senator bob corker is whining about the united auto workers.e villain all of a sudden. the guy who won by cheating, he still isn't happy. here's what corker told reporters about the uaw on thursday. >> my knowledge of the uaw came into play, and let me say this i think my involvement from their officer perspective, getting took your base question, i probably am public enemy number one to the uaw. >> oh, no, the keyword's not enemy, the keyword is involvement. your involvement, senator. make no mistake, corker should be public enemy number one for the unions because he's writing the back on how to defeat them. guy intimidated workers at the chattanooga vehicles wagon plant, made threats about production not being in chattanooga if the vote didn't go the right way and they voted in the union. in the end, corker's misinformation campaign, i guess you could say it paid off. workers voted against unionization and their own self-interests. now, here are just a few examples so we don't have history revisionism going on here. here's a few examples of c

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