This is a list of articles from a variety of critical perspectives on the UAW defeat at the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
For a critique of Bob King’s theory of labor-management cooperation, see:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/14/united-auto-workers-lose-historic-election-at-chattanooga-volkswagen-plant/
Labor Left critiques on union democracy grounds + UAW concessionary contracts:
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/after_uaw_defeat_at_volkswagen_in_tennessee_theories_abound
http://lawcha.org/wordpress/2014/02/16/uaw-lost-can-done-history-lessons/
Labor Left critiques on organizing strategy grounds:
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/02/tennessee-car-sick-blues/
http://thesouthlawn.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/how-the-uaw-lost-chattanooga/
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/02/after-chattanooga/
https://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/volkswagen-workers-vote-on-union-works-council-scheme/
Critique of role of Republicans,
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