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Tennessee legislator believes governor offered VW deal to keep UAW out
Source: Reuters
Tennessee legislator believes governor offered VW deal to keep UAW out
By Bernie Woodall
DETROIT | Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - A Tennessee state legislator is trying to prove that the governor promised Volkswagen AG additional incentives if the company kept the United Auto Workers union out of its two-year-old Chattanooga plant.
Rep. Mike Turner, head of the Democratic Caucus in the Tennessee House, has asked Gov. Bill Haslam's office to turn over communication between the governor's office and Volkswagen. Turner said Tennessee state law requires legislative approval to provide such incentives.
Turner said that he "has it on good authority" that Haslam has told VW officials that Tennessee will sweeten the deal for the company if it can stave off the UAW.
"I've never seen a so-called conservative free market business person using government to interfere in a private matter for the Volkswagen corporation," said Turner in a telephone interview with Reuters on Thursday. "That smacks of Socialism."
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By Bernie Woodall
DETROIT | Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - A Tennessee state legislator is trying to prove that the governor promised Volkswagen AG additional incentives if the company kept the United Auto Workers union out of its two-year-old Chattanooga plant.
Rep. Mike Turner, head of the Democratic Caucus in the Tennessee House, has asked Gov. Bill Haslam's office to turn over communication between the governor's office and Volkswagen. Turner said Tennessee state law requires legislative approval to provide such incentives.
Turner said that he "has it on good authority" that Haslam has told VW officials that Tennessee will sweeten the deal for the company if it can stave off the UAW.
"I've never seen a so-called conservative free market business person using government to interfere in a private matter for the Volkswagen corporation," said Turner in a telephone interview with Reuters on Thursday. "That smacks of Socialism."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/12/us-autos-vw-tennessee-idUSBRE98B1BW20130912
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