UAW Appeals VW Vote Blaming Outside Parties

UAW Appeals VW Vote Blaming Outside Parties
UAW President Bob King said on Monday that the union's appeal of a failed organizing effort at Volkswagen AG's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., will focus on the actions of outside parties, not the German automaker.

In an interview with Reuters, King said, "Corporate VW acted with great integrity," in the run-up to last week's election.

"Our issue is really with outside third parties trying to threaten and intimidate both the company and workers," King said. "It was certainly not the company."


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TheSteveTheSteve - 2/24/2014 9:52:29 PM
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King is pissed that 3rd Parties allegedly "threatened and intimidated" the VW company and its workers because he knows that's the job of UAW thugs, and some scab is trying to take that job.


xjug1987axjug1987a - 2/25/2014 7:34:12 AM
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Who "didn't" see this coming. The UAW is about power, and thuggery... no one wants them near their employees or plants because of the cancer they are and the lust for dues, influence it buys from Democraps. These people are relentless socialists/marxists , they're like vampires searching for blood. And with a Govt that is in their pocket, its entirely possible the desires of the employees might be overturned... which turns them into "workers".


randy3023randy3023 - 2/25/2014 10:36:49 AM
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How to run a corrupt organization.

STEP 1:
Donate hundreds of millions to democrat party.

STEP 1:
Get bought-and paid-for democrat party leader to violate the law and appoint corrupt, unconfirmed NLRB commissioners while congress is not in the recess.

STEP 2:
Appeal democratic vote of UAW representation (which FAILED) to NLRB... **BEFORE** its newly appointed, corrupt commissioners can be terminated for having been illegally appointed by Obama.


RESULT:
Democratic vote is overturned. Will of the workers is DISCARDED. UAW wins. UAW bosses get pay raises. Everybody else LOSES.


chlyn001chlyn001 - 2/26/2014 12:57:09 AM
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There must be some reason VW wanted a works council. And of course every Republican politician within a dog's whistle distance came running to fan the flames of antiunion rhetoric and misinformation. Eventually, VW may get what it wants in spite of hysterical opposition to workers having a voice. VW knows it's a better company when everyone feels valued and fairly compensated, from the CEO down the the lowest level employee. That's the way to run any company. and if Republicans don't like it, well, I guess they can always have another hissy fit. We'll see how this plays out in the long run, won't we. I just read a Time Magazine article where a VW exec suggested if VW can't get a works council in Tennessee, maybe that new SUV plant could be located elsewhere.


MattDarringerMattDarringer - 2/26/2014 8:40:57 AM
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VW wanting the union just shows that it is clueless about running and sustaining a profitable business.


chlyn001chlyn001 - 3/3/2014 10:23:01 PM
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Here's your answer, the one you don't want to hear. If the UAW had won, they union and the company would have worked it out. However, the "other side" brought every crank politico force they could find to scare people into voting against their own best interest. I heard they even threatened all future jobs at the Tennessee plant, saying if the workers voted in the union, the state would no longer support VW. Looks to me like VW may have to move to get what it wants.


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