Auto workers union head questions VW subsidies

Why are Republicans Providing a Half a Billion Dollars in Tax Breaks to a Foreign Car Manufacturer in Tennessee But Refusing to Assist American Workers and American Industry? Republican Senators Betray America and Sell Out to Foreign Companies.--BUZZFLASH

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said today that U.S. automobile companies are being put at a disadvantage by government in competing against Volkswagen’s new auto assembly plant in Chattanooga.

The union leader questioned why government leaders in Tennessee are willing to provide assistance to the German-based Volkswagen while the state’s U.S. senators declined to back a federal loan to help the Big Three U.S. car makers.