UAW Claims Volkswagen Failed To Recognize Member Vote To Organize

UAW Claims Volkswagen Failed To Recognize Member Vote To Organize
A signed agreement shows that Volkswagen officials reneged on a pledge to recognize the United Auto Workers without another vote at the German automaker’s lone U.S. plant in Tennessee, a top union official said Tuesday.

Gary Casteel, the UAW’s secretary-treasurer, released the 2014 document stating that Volkswagen would recognize the UAW as the representative of its members in exchange for the union dropping a challenge to the outcome of a union election at the plant in Chattanooga.

“Volkswagen never fulfilled its commitments to recognize the union as a representative of its members,” Castell said in a conference call. “The unfulfilled commitment is at the heart of the ongoing disagreement between the company and the union.”


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MDarringerMDarringer - 6/22/2016 9:38:06 AM
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When it rains it pours. The last thing that VW needs is the blood sucking UAW, but it probably thinks it does given that the German unions practically control the company.

Workers have a right to work. They do not have a right to be cash raped against their will. Workers see how the UAW siphons money off for the Democrat party and does virtually nothing for the rank-and-file workers.

Pay raise? More dues! More money to political action.

Right-to-work laws need to be a 50 state reality and unions need to be banned from political action.

Any truth to the rumor that VW is making all of its management wear clothes by FCUK?


TomMTomM - 6/22/2016 11:05:35 AM
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One really gets tired of the ranting and ravings against unions. While the convervative rich has pressed this issue - the rich have gotten richer but the poor and middle class has not seen any real wage increases in more than a decade. In addition - you are hard presses to find a company that offers a pensions anymore - workers are allowed to fund THEIR 401Ks - and upper management get stock options - making this the first generation of people who cannot depend on a pension for some retirement help. Since they have had no real wage increases - they generally don't have the money. Now - the concervative right want to take away medical benefits as well - by both getting rid of the affodable care act - AND by forcing the workers who have had no wage increases to fund their own medical car too - again reducing the amount of income that they have to live on.

In the recent recession - Unions had to give up benefits to the companies who were on the brink - but now that they are making profits again =- the companies are balking at restoring these temporary give backs.

And certainly - with the Republicans in congress - they have DONE nothing to protect the workers - they are the ones in favor of free trade and outsourcing jobs. They are the ones against a decent minimum wage - and they support these huge companies when they reduce hours so that they do not actually pay benefits to the regular employees. The heads of VW - and the Porsche family - makes tens of millions of dollars a year and were asleep at the wheel - as longas the profits were good - who cared if they CHEATED a little!

Sorry - Matt - your conservative time of the "tea"party is now over. Donald hires illegals because "He could not get workers who would do the work" - BULL.
As the country now moves toward the left again - it is time for the workers to take the country back - and they can only do that against a huge company if they are UNITED.

Sorry - but the day of the RICH bitches and bastards who have run over the regular employess of the country to become insanely rich - is over - and the
truth is - the conservatives really only care in protecting the rich. THAT is why the unions and a lot of union workers support democrat and liberal issues and the people who support them.


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/22/2016 1:41:09 PM
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Bernie, is that you?


W124E320W124E320 - 6/22/2016 2:24:36 PM
+10 Boost
What a complete idiot...


TomMTomM - 6/22/2016 8:41:17 PM
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Except for a conservative idiot

The Republicans BIGGEST accomplishment in the recent congress has been to steadfastly defend the second amendment right of a terrorist to come to this country and buy an assault weapon. Congratulations

ANd it is hard to point to the Clinton Foundation that actually makes contributions to worthy causes (its records are public) against Donald - who claims it but won't show the proof.- and that ignores that Mr. Trump is a Billionaire - who has profited a number of times by declaring Bankruptcy reorganization to eliminate the small investors and people he owes in his projects.

The fact is - the conservatives had run roughshod over the middle class for the so long - that it is disappearing - and eventually they will have no one to actually buy the goods they import made by poorly paid workers who get no benefits.

As far as a complete IDIOT - I assume you are talking about Donald Trump. No one else comes close.


W124E320W124E320 - 6/23/2016 10:27:15 AM
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No TomM, I meant you. The Clint-stones are the most corrupt people in America and I'd wager the world. They're in everything, for themselves. You think they give a rat about you or anyone else, you forgot the 90's. It was a new scandal every single week, it was exhausting. For the 1st time in 40 yrs the Repubs took over the Congress, because he said one thing and did another, and America said no. Now he takes credit for things he had nothing to do with and liberals who lie to themselves, give him credit. That's why this Jezebel said "i'll put Bill in charge of the economy", because she's clueless and idiot liberals seek an accomplishment. The Clint-stone Foundation, puuullleeassseee.... its a place to get $$ for themselves, they give away about 10% just to avoid attention and if they could give away less, no doubt they would. You're crazy if you believe in them, they're crooks and you know it. That said, I'm sure YOU can compare to what "idiot" Trump has accomplished with his life huh? Sure his father had some $, which he earned, (not by peddling influence) but Trump built on it and perhaps everyone on the planet knows who he is by his accomplishments. Mrs. Clinton would be no where without that degenerate she's married too. She has ZERO accomplishments except the perfected art of cover-up.


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