The Mayor of Lansing, Michigan hilariously trolls Tennessee over UAW crackdown

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/12/1277015/-The-Mayor-of-Lanisng-Michigan-pulls-a-Rick-Perry-on-Tennessee?detail=facebook

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The mayor of Lansing, Michigan, Virg Bernero -- a staunch pro-union Democrat -- has publicly invited Volkswagen to relocate their manufacturing plant to Lansing, if the idiot Republicans in Tennessee, eliminate their tax breaks.

"The legislature, the governor, they have the nerve threaten the support for expansion based on unionization? I was amazed by it, and then I smelled opportunity," said Bernero.
He posted on his facebook Monday saying "come to a real car town, leave Tennessee behind."

On Tuesday he sent out the formal request, and plans work with LEAP to send a whole packet of information to VW later this week.

"It's a little wild, but stranger things have happened. We're a car town. We have no problem with the unions, and we welcome all manufacturers."

Bernero said he discussed this with GM before making his statement, because GM has an auto plant in Lansing. They were fine with it.

The downright panic being displayed by Tennessee Republicans over the possibility that one of their auto plants might unionize is tragicomic, obviously. Their dumb billboards proclaiming the "United Obama Workers," and comparing it to a Civil War invasion by the "Union," are laughable. But, the consequences are very serious. Workers have been losing ground for decades, and this is just a small step toward restoring the balance between workers and management that has been dramatically tilted toward the latter over the past 35 years.