One such Arizona business is Axon, the company that makes Tasers & Body Cameras
In November of last year, the Scottsdale City Council voted 5-2 to approve the Axon Global Headquarters Campus rezoning after a lengthy five year long public process. This process included extensive citizen involvement, from start to finish.
Following the approval by the city council, a California based union, Unite Here Local 11, meet with leaders from Axon and gave them an ultimatum: Unionize or we will come after you.
Axon did the right thing and refused to be threatened by the Union. Unfortunately, true to their word, Unite Here Local 11 and its political arm, Worker Power came after them. Worker Power funded the collection of roughly 26,300 of 27,000 petition signatures needed to refer the council rezoning decision to the voters in 2026.
Unite Here and Worker Power have a long history of employing these despicable tactics:
This is a clear abuse of the referendum process. Local businesses, not just Axon, should be able to confidently rely on the actions of a city council – those elected by the citizens to represent them in these matters – and trust that out-of-state interests won’t be permitted to abuse our laws to score political points.
Without legislative action, Axon, a publicly traded company based in Scottsdale since 1993, will be forced to move their Global HQ to another state that wants 5,500 highly compensated employees (Axon expects to pay $400 Million in payroll to Arizona employees this year). If Axon leaves, it will take all of its employees including Axons R&D and manufacturing facilities (and of course, the jobs).
Tell you legislator to do the right thing. Stand up to Unions and protect local businesses!