By: LaborUnionReport
(Diary)
| September 11th, 2013
With its
future hinging on unionizing the
American factories of foreign automakers, the United Auto Workers has been
desperately courting Volkwagen’s 2700 employees Tennessee since 2011.
According to news reports on Wednesday,
a majority of Volkswagen AG’s employees in Chattanooga have signed union
authorization cards indicating the desire “to join VW’s Global Works Council
and supporting cooperative and collaborative relations with the company.”
The UAW is claiming that the cards are as valid as the
workers having voted in an election. The
question that is not being posed, however, is: Were the majority of VW’s
workers’ signatures gathered based threats, coercion and fear tactics? You may recall that, back in June, Stephan
Wolf, a high-ranking German union official with Volkswagen AG issued an ultimatum to VW’s
American workers in the press:....To Read More...
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