Respond to the following:

The workers at Volkswagon in Tennessee have voted not to join the United Auto Workers. There is some debate about why they voted this way: were they scared by politicians threats that the company would not be provided with any more tax incentives and would not expand, or do they simply think conditions are good enough at Volkswagon such that a union is not necessary?

Discuss the background in two concise paragraph.

Describe the three options for action now.

1. Appeal to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for permission to bein forming a worker/management council even in the absence of union representation for the workers.

2. Lobby the state legislature not to enact and the governor not to sign, punitive legislation, and politicians from the mayor to the U.S. senators from Tennessee not to interfere with your relationship with your employees. Prepare for another union election in a year.

3. Make it clear to state legislators, the mayor, the governor and U.S. Senators that if they interfere with next year’s election, Volkswagon will build another U.S. plant in a less hostile state and shift work away from the Tennessee plant within five years.

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