UAW And Volkswagen Cooperating Ahead Of Historic Vote

The UAW and Volkswagen have already forged a high level of cooperation even before workers at the company’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant begin voting Wednesday on whether they want union representation.

Volkswagen has accepted the union’s “principles for fair union elections” that UAW President Bob King began discussing in 2010.

“Volkswagen may be one of the few employers — if not the first — that has ever explicitly agreed to those principles,” said Gary Klotz, a labor attorney with the Detroit firm of Butzel Long. “It’s almost a dream world for the UAW.”

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gkearns56 - 2/12/2014 11:33:22 AM

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Big Mistake - Vote NO!!!!!!

Agent009 - 2/12/2014 1:13:11 PM

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VW actually wants the Union. This plant is the only non union shop in the world for them.

By bringing it into the fold they can leverage the other union contracts to influence the UAW here.

This eliminates the wild card and allows long term planning because the Union is involved with running the company.

carsnyc - 2/12/2014 11:50:40 AM

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Union or not, please make cars people want to buy. VW should be the cheaper alternative to its German counterparts. Right now it is not.

85bmw745i - 2/12/2014 2:25:13 PM

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VW is quite a bit less expensive. Our passat TDI with every single possible option ran us $32,000 (sticker was 35K. you can get a Jetta TDI for abour 22-23K now too. Their pricing is very competitive now.

MattDarringer - 2/13/2014 8:51:59 AM

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The problem with VW continues to be wrong products and wrong pricing. The Jetta and Passat SEEM to be priced right but they aren't. Comparably equipped to their counterparts, the Jetta and Passat cost a 2-4 grand more. They also need a Hyundai warranty because VWs simply are not built as well as the competition and have lower reliability. They need that warranty protection. Where is the Passat Hybrid? Where is the Passat "Energi"? Why is the Jetta Hybrid not especially thrifty? Where is the Up? Where is the Polo? Where is the Amarok? Why is the CrossBlue 10 years too late to market? Why are ridiculously wrong for the market models like the slow selling Tiguan and CC, and the dead for sales Touareg sold at all? VW has a crisis of problems in the USA and keeping the Gestapo thugs of the UAW off their backs is a good move.

MattDarringer - 2/12/2014 8:21:23 PM

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VW needs ZERO drama as it battles its sales collapse.

xjug1987a - 2/13/2014 10:29:53 AM

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Brilliant comments Matt!

skytop - 2/13/2014 10:33:13 AM

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VW is insane to deal with the socialist unions. In Japan, the unions are greedy enough to now be demanding a portion of the company's profit.
If the greedy unions with profit, let them purchase stock like the everyone else. There is no end to the brazen greed of the unions as they line their pockets from the sweat of workers.

kysrsoze1 - 2/14/2014 1:08:22 AM

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Is that why Senator bob corker lied to VW workers, saying VW would build another SUV if they voted union membership down? This isn't about "greedy" unions. It's about greedy politicians who don't want unions collecting donations for opponents who actually may represent and support worker rights. Wake the f**k up. The Wall Street Journal confirms Corker's outright lie.

http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/02/13/the-latest-episode-of-bob-corker-vs-united-auto-workers/