Sweet indeed

The VW plant in Chattanooga gives the big thumbs-down to the UAW.  Labor activists are expressing surprise, along the lines of, "Gee, we figured that because they let the union send in organizers to campaign for it, the company was agreeable to them forming a local there."

Not quite.  You see, VW has an employee-relations ethic that emanates from its German headquarters:

VW never seemed to be in favor of the UAW. They simply wanted to provide the employees with some form of works council, similar to what they normally have in Europe, allowing them effective lines of communication with the management. Whether that was a locally organized structure or through the auspices of a union didn’t seem to much matter.

But the workers themselves and all of their neighbors were not short on opinions. One of the big questions seemed to be exactly what it would cost them to invite the UAW into their plant and what they would get in return. 

Folks thought about it and decided that a "strike fund" that would actually get used to support FHer political candidates' campaigns did not constitute a compelling reason to part with the very nice money they earn making VW products.