Southern autoworkers aren't listening to the GOP's BS anymore.

The UAW's successful unionization effort last week at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee,

the first successful unionization effort at a car factory in the South since

the 1940s is breaking the brains of Republicans in that region.

They're truly astonished that workers might not trust their corporate overlords with their working conditions, pay health and retirement.

Tennessee's Republican Governor Bill Lee, along with Governor Kaye Ivey of Alabama, Brian Kemp of Georgia, Tate Reeves of Mississippi,

Henry McMaster of South Carolina and Greg Abbott of Texas.

issued a joint statement last Tuesday condemning the vote.

Quote, we the governors of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi,

South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

Are highly concerned about the unionization campaign

driven by misinformation and scare tactics that the

UAW has brought into our states. In America we respect our workforce and we do not

need to pay a third party to tell us who can pick up a box or flip a switch.

No one wants to hear this but

it's the ugly reality. The experience in our states is when employees have a

direct relationship with their employers that makes for a more positive working

environment.

They can advocate for themselves and what is important to them without outside influence.

We have serious reservations that the UAW leadership can represent our values.

They proudly call themselves Democratic socialists and

seem more focused on helping President Biden get reelected than on the

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