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UAW may have had international help in Chattanooga ( German union )
Tennessee Watchdog ^ | January 22, 2015 | Chris Butler

Posted on 01/22/2015 1:14:53 PM PST by george76

Members of the National Right to Work Foundation believe two German labor groups have failed to completely disclose their full level of involvement in the United Auto Workers’ attempts to set up shop in Chattanooga.

As previously reported, the UAW wants to formally establish itself at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant.

The UAW’s attempts have so far been unsuccessful. VW workers, by a tally of 712-626, for instance, voted in February not to join the UAW.

Members of the NRTW represent an unspecified number of VW workers who oppose the union.

They say that VW’s Global Works Council and IG Metall, a German autoworker union, prominently supported the UAW’s organizing drive — except for one key area.

“Neither organization divulged the extent of their involvement in Chattanooga to the Department of Labor, despite the fact that their high-profile support for the UAW should have triggered disclosure requirements,”

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Foundation staff attorneys hope to determine if the Department of Labor is actively assisting these organizations in their efforts to unionize VW’s Chattanooga facilities,

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Typically under American labor law, if you are actively involved in a unionization drive for or against you have to disclose the extent of your involvement,

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Tennessee is a right-to-work state, meaning workers can’t be fired for not joining the UAW and paying union dues.

(Excerpt) Read more at watchdog.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: chattanooga; eussr; germany; globalworkscouncil; igmetall; kdfwagen; laborunions; nrtw; righttowork; socialmarketeconomy; uaw; union; unionization; unions; unionthugs; ussovereignty; volkswagen

1 posted on 01/22/2015 1:14:53 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

” Tennessee is a right-to-work state,”

LOL......buh bye, Nazi union.


2 posted on 01/22/2015 1:16:58 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: george76

This should come as no surprise. U.S. labor unions are natural allies of fascist organizations.


3 posted on 01/22/2015 1:17:59 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: george76
What other car companies have a Global Works Council? This is way beyond mere employee/employer relations.
4 posted on 01/22/2015 1:20:13 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: george76

Put a Stake in Big Labor: Walker 2016!


5 posted on 01/22/2015 1:21:29 PM PST by CharleysPride (non chiedere cio che non si puo prendere)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

German unions and corporate laws in Germany are much different, to the point that VW will be greatly challenged to continue operating a plant in the US that does not have a union.


6 posted on 01/22/2015 1:29:25 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: WayneS

European socialists were excited when Patco (air controller union) went on strike in the 1980s. They seriously believed Reagan would have no choice but to capitulate.

When Reagan fired all the striking unionists he literally saved the nation from the labor union take over.


7 posted on 01/22/2015 1:31:41 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: george76
Introducing, the new Chrysler Panzer Schwere Kampf Wagen! Tiger VI tank photo:  CapturedTiger.jpg Throw in a tank of gas, zimmerit coating and telefunken, and I'll take it.
8 posted on 01/22/2015 1:31:42 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

Does it include a throaty engine rumble piped in through the stereo speakers?


9 posted on 01/22/2015 1:36:56 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: george76

This was a completely open “secret” at the time as I recall.

That said, just because something is illegal or improper means nothing.

Move along now. Thank you for your cooperation.


10 posted on 01/22/2015 1:40:35 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
” Tennessee is a right-to-work state,”

Somehow that hasn't stopped companies from being unionized, and I do mean 100% unionized.
e.g., GM's Saturn plant, Peterbilt's (now closed) Madison plant, and others.

Doesn't do you much good to avoid union dues if you come out to the parking lot and find you have 4 flat tires every day...

11 posted on 01/31/2015 8:10:30 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do)
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