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VW workers at Tennessee plant reject union
Associated Press ^
| Feb. 14, 2014 10:05 PM EST
| Erik Schelzig and Tom Krisher
Posted on 02/14/2014 7:16:40 PM PST by Olog-hai
Edited on 02/14/2014 7:28:26 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted against union representation, a devastating loss that derails the United Auto Workers union's effort to organize Southern factories.
The 712-626 vote released late Friday stunned many labor experts who expected a UAW win because Volkswagen tacitly endorsed the union and even allowed organizers into the Chattanooga factory to make sales pitches.
The UAW for decades has tried without success to organize a foreign-owned plant in a region that's wary of organized labor. The loss now makes it even harder for the union to recruit members at another Southern factory.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: bobcorker; liberalagenda; tennessee; uaw; unions; unionthugs; volkswagen; vw
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To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
02/14/2014 9:11:13 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
42
posted on
02/14/2014 9:12:56 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Olog-hai
God blessed Tenn. Dolly Parton and anti-union.
To: Chode
Their tears are DELICIOUS!
44
posted on
02/14/2014 9:39:37 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
like nectar... i couldn't stop laughing!!! screw-em
45
posted on
02/14/2014 9:47:22 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: cdcdawg
I wonder if a lot of those workers are from the (now defunct) Saturn operation.
46
posted on
02/14/2014 11:27:21 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Olog-hai
YES!!!
47
posted on
02/14/2014 11:41:02 PM PST
by
BlessedBeGod
(Democrats are Cruz'n for a Bruisin' in 2016. / Obama=Unspeakable Audacity)
To: Arthurio
‘Tacitly endorsed’ is misleading I think; I don’t think that management had the power to prevent the union from infiltrating their plant.
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posted on
02/15/2014 12:01:56 AM PST
by
bakeneko
To: Olog-hai
Obama will have his stooges at the NLRB declare the vote invalid because the union lost....
49
posted on
02/15/2014 12:43:22 AM PST
by
Popman
("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
To: Olog-hai
I’m wondering how far a company can go in threatening a unionization effort? “You unionize, we shut down/move”
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posted on
02/15/2014 4:19:30 AM PST
by
bjorn14
(Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
To: cripplecreek
I’m surprised they haven’t had him killed. Seriously.
51
posted on
02/15/2014 6:25:44 AM PST
by
cdcdawg
(Be seeing you...)
To: Chode
Thank you for that link. Enjoyable reading first thing in the AM!
To: Rusty0604
most welcome...
why does To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. come to mind??? 8^)
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posted on
02/15/2014 6:41:10 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Olog-hai
Funny how elections can work when the electorate is fixed, such as the total number of employees working at a factory.
You cant pack in numbers with community activists, bus in bums and college students,,etc.
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posted on
02/15/2014 7:47:00 AM PST
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: DesertRhino
Funny how elections can work when the electorate is fixed, such as the total number of employees working at a factory. You cant pack in numbers with community activists, bus in bums and college students,,etc. Exactly.
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posted on
02/15/2014 7:49:09 AM PST
by
denydenydeny
(Admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt one has for others.-Tocqueville)
To: Olog-hai
Keeping organized crime out of the extortion racket is never a bad move.
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posted on
02/15/2014 8:06:47 AM PST
by
Neoliberalnot
(Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
To: Chode
And we say to them what they say to us.
“We won, you lost”
Now, go eff yourselves.
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posted on
02/15/2014 8:12:39 AM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: unixfox
100%!!!
58
posted on
02/15/2014 8:17:22 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: DesertRhino
This is why unions have been demanding card check.
I imagine this will spur renewed calls for it.
To: Foundahardheadedwoman
You do know Dolly is a liberal Dem ?
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