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Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory reject United Auto Workers union
Posted on 2/15/14 at 1:53 am
Posted on 2/15/14 at 1:53 am
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted against union representation, a devastating loss that derails the United Auto Workers union's effort to organize Southern factories.
The 712-626 vote released late Friday stunned many labor experts who expected a UAW win because Volkswagen tacitly endorsed the union and even allowed organizers into the Chattanooga factory to make sales pitches.
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Posted on 2/15/14 at 2:07 am to Homesick Tiger
They are basically voting against their own interests
Posted on 2/15/14 at 2:52 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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They are basically voting against the union's interests
Posted on 2/15/14 at 3:04 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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They are basically voting against their own interests
not if they don't feel the union dues are worth it and/or the union can represent them long-term.
i applaud them for making the decision they feel is best.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 3:12 am to Eighteen
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This post was edited on 3/4/14 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 2/15/14 at 5:09 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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They are basically voting against their own interests
Screw unions and the mindset that allows them to exist.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 5:10 am to Homesick Tiger
The NLRB is crying out that the results of the election is Bull shite. This is an organization that still has appointees that were declared fraudulent appointees by federal courts. It was them that denied Boeing the right to build air craft in South Carolina on a strictly political party line with Bozos appointees(legitimacy declared bogus) to it.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 5:33 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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They are basically voting against their own interests
Are you Thomas frank? How the frick do you know?
Posted on 2/15/14 at 5:54 am to Homesick Tiger
TUba?
Germandawg?
What went wrong?
I thought unions were like the 2nd coming for workers.
Germandawg?
What went wrong?
I thought unions were like the 2nd coming for workers.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 6:41 am to TrueTiger
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I thought unions were like the 2nd coming for workers.
Slightly exaggerated but I get your point.
Unions did serve a purpose in the old days but are outdated now. We live in a global economy where companies will move factories to places with lower wages. Boeing should have been allowed to make airplanes in South Carolina.
Unions were useful in an era where workers couldn't defend themselves but now with all the laws and regulations on the books they can. It's not like the bad old days when thousands of iron workers were dying due to unsafe working conditions.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 6:43 am to Homesick Tiger
i am surprised at that one
sounded like VW leadership wanted it and it was going to happen
sounded like VW leadership wanted it and it was going to happen
Posted on 2/15/14 at 7:11 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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They are basically voting against their own interests
...dumbass
Posted on 2/15/14 at 7:41 am to Homesick Tiger
I also heard yesterday union membership in Louisiana is at historical lows (something like 4% compared to an 11% national average). I'm glad these sources of inefficiency are slowly being purged.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 7:45 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
frick unions... I hope they all die off a slow and painful death.
The union bosses are concerned with 1 thing... $$$$ for their pockets. With the amount of Federal laws, Unions serve no purpose. At one time they did, but not now.
The union bosses are concerned with 1 thing... $$$$ for their pockets. With the amount of Federal laws, Unions serve no purpose. At one time they did, but not now.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 7:49 am to RedStickBR
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I'm glad these sources of inefficiency are slowly being purged.
Purging of the public/government unions is something we don't read much about. I think that affects us more than the private unions.
With the loss of union jobs in the job market I can't understand why politicians don't take a stance of ridding the government of unions considering the drain being put on taxpayers with the union's retirement programs.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 7:56 am to Homesick Tiger
It will be challenged, Bob Corker was all up in the middle of the issue. I have no dog in the fight but I am pissed that Corker spent way too much time on this crap when he should be doing more to represent all of Tennessee and not being a lapdog for the Harry Reid.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 8:03 am to Phideaux
Challenged on what grounds?? The workers voted
Posted on 2/15/14 at 8:06 am to Phideaux
what was corker working on with reid as his lapdog?
and what might happen in a challenge- another vote?
and what might happen in a challenge- another vote?
Posted on 2/15/14 at 8:10 am to Phideaux
Don't blame me, I voted for Mark Clayton.
Posted on 2/15/14 at 8:19 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Maybe Tennessee doesn't want to end up like Detroit.
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