Unions? Making a comeback? In the South?
The whole world as told to me by the Boston Globe has been turned upside down!!
"UAW: ‘Consensus’ reached with Volkswagen on union" by Erik Schelzig | Associated Press July 11, 2014
NASHVILLE — United Auto Workers leaders said Thursday they have reached a ‘‘consensus’’ with Volkswagen and expect the German automaker to recognize the union if they sign up enough workers at a new local for the company’s assembly plant in Tennessee.
The union in February suffered a bitter setback in its effort to organize its first foreign-owned plant in the South when workers at the Chattanooga plant rejected UAW representation by a 712-626 vote.
Gary Casteel, the UAW’s secretary-treasurer, said the creation of Local 42 will avoid the need for another election that could involve ‘‘third-party interference.’’ He stressed that no employee will be required to join and that no dues would be collected until after a collective bargaining agreement is reached.
Doesn't look like much of a union, but it's their shop.
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Volkswagen wants to introduce a German-style works council at the plant to represent both salaried and blue-collar workers, but the company’s has said it can’t do so without the involvement of an independent union.
Tennessee collaborating with Nazis! No wonder they are the worst state to live in!!
I'll bet mine is one of the best (blog editor puffs out chest with pride)!
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The turmoil surrounding the labor vote has delayed a Volkswagen decision on whether to build a new midsized SUV in Chattanooga or in Mexico. The new model is seen as key to reviving flagging VW sales in North America.
It is unclear whether Thursday’s UAW announcement could affect renewed efforts to negotiate expansion incentives at the plant. The money would have to be approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature, which is heavily antiunion.
Documents leaked after the union vote revealed that Tennessee had sought to tie a $300 million incentive offer for expanding the plant to what it deemed a ‘‘satisfactory’’ outcome of the labor situation there.
More public money going to thriving corporate concerns?
:-(
US Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee and a former Chattanooga mayor, was particularly vocal during the union vote, predicting the company would announce an expansion within two weeks of workers rejecting the union. The senator later blamed the UAW appeal — and the resulting delay in certifying the results of the union election — for putting a hold on expansion talks at the plant.
Happy now, Bob?
The Chattanooga plant has been seen as the union’s best chance to win in the South because other automakers have not been as welcoming to organized labor as Volkswagen.
I thought we were all winners. That is what I have been told my whole life when it comes to the greatest economic $y$tem ever devised by man.
Labor interests make up half of the supervisory board at VW in Germany, and they have questioned why the Chattanooga plant is the company’s only major factory worldwide without formal worker representation.
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NEXT DAY UPDATES: Stephen Gaskin, 79; founder of rural Tennessee commune
Hippies in Tennessee?
C'mon!
Being so late with that post shows you how far behind and disorganized I have become. Sorry.
NEXT DAY UPDATES: Stephen Gaskin, 79; founder of rural Tennessee commune
Hippies in Tennessee?
C'mon!
Being so late with that post shows you how far behind and disorganized I have become. Sorry.
