now wait a minute... i thought VW WANTED the union???
Posted on 02/13/2014 4:12:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee said on Wednesday he has been "assured" that if workers at the Volkswagen AG plant in his hometown of Chattanooga reject United Auto Worker representation, the company will reward the plant with a new product to build.
Corker's bombshell, which runs counter to public statements by Volkswagen, was dropped on the first of a three-day secret ballot election of blue-collar workers at the Chattanooga plant whether to allow the UAW to represent them.
Corker has long been an opponent of the union which he says hurts economic and job growth in Tennessee, a charge that UAW officials say is untrue....
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The UAW worked out so well for Detroit. I just can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t want them in Tennessee!
Modern plants use a business model that can not be allowed by the unions. Different companies bid for various jobs on the lines. So, 10 companies might produce different subcomponents on the same production lines. That’s how it is done in other countries and it is much more efficient that the methods used by union plants in the US.
You wish to be unemployed and unemployable join a worker union.
There is an excellent book on the history of the Baldwin Locomotive works that describes a method in the early days of the company that the unorganized craft labor would bid on assembly and manufacturing tasks... if I recall, it weighed productivity, quality, and the cost of the contract.
It was rather fascinating how much power and opportunity an individual Craftsman had before organized labor came along.
Embrace the suck, UnionTards. Win your battle, lose the war.
Of all to join to become unemployable, the UAW is the surest to achieve that end. As I’ve personally seen, it’s America’s great destroyer of businesses and jobs.
Honda plant in Lincoln, Alabama, near where I live does not have a union. My nephew works there. My nephew told me that they were told if a union is voted in, Honda is gone. They are very well paid for our area. Get benefits. So, my nephew is very happy. Says they are not mistreated or anything like that. So, who needs a stinking thug controlled union.
“It was rather fascinating how much power and opportunity an individual Craftsman had before organized labor came along.”
Unions reward mediocrity.
now wait a minute... i thought VW WANTED the union???
That was really stupid. If the union loses the vote they can charge tampering with the election and Obama’s NLRB would probably give them another chance.
My dad worked there. then before it closed he went to work at atlantic oil ref. There is a statue of Baldwin at city hall in philly. I walk by it alot and pray for those days again.
That’s what’s known as a real Corker!
and when corker cuts loose there’ll be rainbows shootin’ out his butt
vw assembly line very transparent
http://www.youtube.com/embed/nd5WGLWNllA?rel=0
“Unions reward mediocrity.”
Worth repeating. I’ve seen it up close.
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I worked at a packing plant in Schuyler, Nebraska in the early 80’s. I joined the union since I had a good wage. Not long after I quit, the company told the union to take a $2 an hour cut.
Union advised employees that the company would fold and rejected the cut. They padlocked the doors until the contract broke and hired people back at $5 less an hour.
All those people that had brand new pickups...it was insane.
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