The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry hosted a roundtable discussion on the effects of unionization on Oct. 29.

Wes Blumenshine, chairman-elect for the Tennessee chamber board and Catherine Glover, president, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The distinguished panel featured presentations from Glenn Spencer, Executive Director, Workforce Freedom Initiative, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Charlie McLane, Executive Director, CUE Inc., Bill Ozier, Employment Attorney, Partner, Bass, Berry & Sims, Jim Kuntz, Senior Vice President, Tennessee Bank & Trust, William May, SE Managing Director, BBK Performance Improvement LLC and Jim Gray with Gray Consulting.

Glen Spencer and Bill Ozier

Republican Caucus Chairman, Rep. Glen Casada, was also in attendance and introduced the panel. Chairman Casada noted that the state legislature has passed several pieces of business-friendly legislation, which has contributed to Tennessee being ranked in the top of employer-friendly states in the country.

Catherine Glover, the president of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce mediated an insightful discussion with our featured panelists.

Glen Casada, Chairman, House Republican Caucus, State Rep 63rd District addresses the crowd