Upcoming Contracts Will Be First Time Workers Can Opt Out Of UAW - How Many Will Keep The Money And Run?

As negotiators for the United Auto Workers and Detroit automakers hammer out new contracts, something new is looming over the talks for the first time: UAW autoworkers in Michigan will have the right to withdraw from the union and stop paying dues after the current contracts expire.

Industry experts aren’t sure how many workers will opt to leave the union. They say what comes out of new contracts with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. likely will influence how many of the tens of thousands of UAW autoworkers leave the union.

The current contracts are set to expire Sept. 14, and many labor law experts say that’s when the workers can opt out. The UAW did not immediately comment.

MDarringer - 9/9/2015 10:27:35 PM

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I am praying for an exodus, but the workers are probably so bullied by the Gestapo UAW that even if they wanted to bolt, the goon thugs would make their lives utter hell. What really needs to happen is to ban all unions from all political activity. Unions rose to prominence because of a lack of laws that protected workers. Now we have those laws, so the unions have recast themselves into money laundering for the Democrats.