King: Having a voice - VW worker supports UAW

Growing up in Chattanooga, I never had much real exposure to unions. Sure, I heard the word, but only used with the typical Southern implications of angry picketers and low-quality products. I had never actually encountered an angry picketer, and I couldn't have pointed out a union-made car on the street. I just knew that "unions were bad" because that's what I'd always heard.

I moved away for a few years, and got a taste of what supporting myself was like. As I started to think about settling down somewhere, Chattanooga was high on my list. In the time I had been away, Chattanooga had become a greener city; a culturally diverse city. More importantly, though, Chattanooga had once again become an industrial city, managing to add thousands of new jobs during an economic slump when most businesses were laying employees off.

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