There's a massively important election taking place this week. In Tennessee autoworkers at the VW factory in Chattanooga will decide whether or not to join the UAW. Much to the surprise of the business media, VW has chosen to adopt neutrality. In fact, they see important financial benefits to come if workers do unionize. (See here for why a firm might think this way.)

Despite the adoption of neutrality on the part of the company, local GOP politicians and out of state special interest groups, have launched a full bore campaign against worker's freedom to choose. There's plenty of information out there about the campaign. But, I think that statements made by GOP legislators last night take the cake. From the party of "legitimate rape" I suppose that this takes the cake:

