Posted on 06/05/2014 4:05:39 PM PDT by mdittmar
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers union said on Thursday it will announce as soon as next week a plan to organize workers at the Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama.
Gary Casteel, the union's newly elected secretary-treasurer, said the UAW will reveal its plan for workers at the Daimler plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama "probably in the coming week."
New UAW President Dennis Williams said Casteel, 56, will lead the union's efforts to gain membership by organizing foreign automakers, which are primarily located in the South.
Casteel did not offer details of the UAW's plan in Alabama.
Sonny Hawthorne, a leading anti-UAW worker at the Mercedes-Benz plant, told Reuters the union would have the support "of 25 to 30 percent (of plant workers), at the most" if a vote were held today.
Hawthorne said he was confident the union's efforts to organize the factory will fail.
Earlier this week, the UAW reacted to reports that pro-union workers in Alabama want the UAW to stop organizing efforts because they have gone on too long without success.
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"Our Congress also has a responsibility, to respond to the needs of the people, including passing a jobs bill, he told delegates."
"At present, it is “handcuffed by extremists” who are preventing working people from getting ahead."
“We all want the same thing. We want to put America back to work. A 7 percent employment (rate) is too high. We need bridges. We need schools. We need roads. We need a high-speed rail. It’s time to bring America back to work!"
“handcuffed by extremists”?,That's just mean-spirited;)
Insert “Definition of insanity” here...
They get to try over and over and over, but if they win just once... it is all over.
strange how this always works in favor of the commies
It ain’t really in Tuscaloosa, it’s in Vance.
If it didn’t work in Tennessee, it’s NEVER going to work in Alabama.
yea, let’s turn Alabama into Detroit!
Union is to business, as Cancer is to the human body.
Yep, we extremists - guessing that means non-union types - certainly favor working people not getting ahead. More liberal lies but we ought to be used to them by now.
Let them spend their treasure, oops, their members hard earned tribute to the union. F the UAW
In the Commie world of their "reality", if you aren't a liberal, democrat supporting, conservative hatin', anti-capitalist-america-hatin', screw the man, union supporting leftist; you are an extremist.
Secondly, if you are an entrepreneur or a non-union, non government employee; you are NOT considered "working people".
You are "rich" and a target.
They already have the cards filled out.
No need to bother with contacting the actual employees.
And why does mentioning the guys age have any relivence to the discussion?
He is Terry Bowman who started Union Conservatives and is running against Debbie Dingell for the seat held by John Dingell...
He visited with the folks faced with a decision in regards to VW. Perhaps he will do the same here...
President Dennis Williams needs to go visit Obama...
Those things were already funded by the trillion dollar "Stimulus Bill" tax bill paid for by the American taxpayers...
Obama stashed that money somewhere...
I hope they fail.
“At present, it is “handcuffed by extremists” who are preventing working people from getting ahead.”
The UAW is in extremis.
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