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Parking FeudBy Kimberly CraigWeb produced by Jenny ClarkMarch 9, 2005Some U.S. Marines say they were surprised by the decision made by Detroit auto workers about parking. It all started with the cars some Marines drove, and what was on them. The words that have some U.S. Marines in shock came from the man in charge of security at the UAW Solidarity House, on Jefferson in Detroit. For a number of years now, dozens of Marine reservists have been thankful to park in the UAW's lot for weekend training with no problem at all - until now. Marines at nearby Marine...

UAW’s Top-Down Organizing Campaign at Big Three Supplier Stalled by Intense Employee Opposition Employees at one of Johnson Controls’ largest plants revolt against joint employer-union pressure to unionize through giveaways of employee personal information and abusive card-check process Detroit, Mich. (June 13, 2003) – Facing stiff opposition from workers at a major Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) facility in Athens, Tennessee, United Auto Workers (UAW) union organizers have abandoned current efforts to impose union representation. According to National Right to Work Foundation sources, union operatives only obtained signatures from 10 percent of the employees at the plant. Last year, pressured by...