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Special Report: The UAW's last stand
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| 12/29/11
| Bernie Woodall, Ben Klayman and Jan Schwartz
Posted on 12/29/2011 6:47:56 AM PST by markomalley
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If the UAW had its way, there would be a legal requirement for auto workers to be members.
Thank God they don't have their way.
To: markomalley
The UAW’s prime value is an inverse indicator of car quality. If: no UAW, Then: good car.
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posted on
12/29/2011 6:53:26 AM PST
by
Da Coyote
To: markomalley
By failing to organize factories run by foreign automakers, the union has been a spectator to the only growth in the U.S. auto industry in the last 30 years. Out here in "flyover country" this is what we call a "clue".
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posted on
12/29/2011 6:53:51 AM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: markomalley
Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG, seen as easier nuts to crack than the Japanese and South Koreans Hint to VW and Daimler workers and management: if you sign with UAW, I will be MUCH less likely to buy your products.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:00:22 AM PST
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: markomalley
If the UAW had its way, there would be a legal requirement for auto workers to be members In closed-shop states, they pretty much already have that.
And it's wrong. In a free country, no one should be forced to join a union in order to get or keep a job.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:01:14 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I carrying this lantern? you ask. I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: markomalley
This is great news!
It means the UAW is in a hurry while they have a VERY friendly NLRB on their side and do not expect that to continue in 2013!!!!
To: markomalley
I belonged to two unions in my life and felt that they did nothing but expropriate a chunk of my paycheck in return for making the work environment less pleasant and providing employment for worthless layabouts. I would *never*, *ever* voluntarily join a union.
To: Pollster1
I always look for the union label. If it has one, I don’t buy it.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:13:42 AM PST
by
Second Amendment First
("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson.)
To: markomalley
“Workers know that almost every job lost at U.S. car factories in the last 30 years has occurred at a unionized company, while almost every job gained has come at a non-union company”
I wonder if there's some connection there.....Hmmmmm.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:18:50 AM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: markomalley
"the union has been a spectator to the only growth in the U.S. auto industry in the last 30 years"Or, to phrase it more accurately, "the Union has been the CAUSE of the U.S. Auto Industry's lack of growth in the past 30 years".
Which is why PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS ARE THRIVING, because the raping of Taxpayers to funnel to those UNION MEMBERS (and resultant funneling of the Dues to the DNC) is a perpetual $$$$ goldmine, and it will ONLY end in 2 ways: 1) Revolution, or 2) (most likely outcome), the collapse of the Government.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:20:34 AM PST
by
traditional1
(Free speech for me.....not for thee)
To: Erik Latranyi
The NLRB will only have two members in two days; not enough for a quorum, so basically unable to act. Any obama appointees will not be approved by congress.
Also, the NLRB has kept the results of all union elections hidden since March of this year. The website originally said they would be posted by October, but they’re still not there. I think they’re hiding how badly the unions have fared in elections this year. I know of one where the union lost with less than 20% of the vote.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:23:04 AM PST
by
Second Amendment First
("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..." - Thomas Jefferson.)
To: markomalley
Thank God they don't have their way...yet!
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:44:27 AM PST
by
pgkdan
("Make what Americans buy, Buy what Americans make, and sell it to the world" Perry 2012)
To: markomalley
By appealing to German unions for help and by calling on the companies to do the right thing, King hopes to get VW and Daimler to surrender without a fight and let the union make its case directly to workers.What unbiased reporting. I have reference to the "right thing." That should be in quotes if King is saying it. Otherwise, Reuters is showing their usual bias.
To: count-your-change
I wonder if there's some connection there...Nahhhhh.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:50:40 AM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1073 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: traditional1
1) and 2) are not incompatible.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:52:44 AM PST
by
null and void
(Day 1073 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Unions are a racket in which the worker is the pawn.
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posted on
12/29/2011 7:58:57 AM PST
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: tacticalogic
“the target is foreign car makers”
UAW has been on the US factories producing foreign cars for 30 years trying to organize, intimidating, etc. - “siempre una lucha”
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:01:43 AM PST
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
To: 1010RD
Has anyone asked any GOP candidate what in hell they are going to do with General Motors?
To: markomalley
And most of the factories the UAW is targeting are in the South, which is historically hostile to unions.Automobile manufacturers, especially foreign ones, are no dummies.
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:16:26 AM PST
by
upchuck
(Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
To: Second Amendment First
I always look for the union label. If it has one, I dont buy it.Same here.
It too often means an overpriced inferior product made by lazy workers supporting crooked, anti-American bosses who make their livings paying off their friends and Democrat politicians (but, I repeat myself).
I would rather buy stuff made by almost anybody else.
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:19:50 AM PST
by
Gritty
(We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. - C.S. Lewis)
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