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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted against union representation, a devastating loss that derails the United Auto Workers union's effort to organize Southern factories.
The 712-626 vote released late Friday stunned many labor experts who expected a UAW win because Volkswagen tacitly endorsed the union and even allowed organizers into the Chattanooga factory to make sales pitches.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. C. S. Lewis
abe froman
reply to post by buster2010
Companies in America go to other countries because they cant legally treat US workers as bad as they'd like to. yet.
buster2010
It's really no surprise that the workers would vote the union down. Most of the companies from places like Germany and Japan pay their employees a good wage and provide good benefits. They do this because it's what they do at home and a happy worker is a good worker. Many companies in America could learn a lesson from companies that move here.
MOMof3
reply to post by xuenchen
The vote was close. I wonder if these threats pushed them over:
"After 53 percent of the workers voted against his union, King said he was outraged at what he called "outside interference" in the election. He wouldn't rule out challenging the outcome with the National Labor Relations Board. "It's never happened in this country before that the U.S. senator, the governor, the leader of the House, the legislature here, threatened the company with no incentives, threatened workers with a loss of product," King said. "We'll look at all our options in the next few days."
;The union could contend that Corker and other local politicians were in collusion with VW and tried to frighten workers into thinking the SUV would be built in Mexico if they voted for the union, said Gary Chaison, a labor relations professor at Clark University in Worcester, Mass."
OccamsRazor04
buster2010
It's really no surprise that the workers would vote the union down. Most of the companies from places like Germany and Japan pay their employees a good wage and provide good benefits. They do this because it's what they do at home and a happy worker is a good worker. Many companies in America could learn a lesson from companies that move here.
You mean like Boeing paying the NON UNION workers in SC equally vs. the unionized plants?
The cost savings associated with moving to South Carolina, where workers are paid nearly half of what workers in the Everett, WA plant make, are now for naught. The Everett plant will be counted on to make up the difference.
buster2010
OccamsRazor04
buster2010
It's really no surprise that the workers would vote the union down. Most of the companies from places like Germany and Japan pay their employees a good wage and provide good benefits. They do this because it's what they do at home and a happy worker is a good worker. Many companies in America could learn a lesson from companies that move here.
You mean like Boeing paying the NON UNION workers in SC equally vs. the unionized plants?
Would you be talking about the Boeing that has huge government contracts? And for your information Boeing pays nonunion employees up to 200 bucks a week less than union employees.
Boeings wage slashing
The cost savings associated with moving to South Carolina, where workers are paid nearly half of what workers in the Everett, WA plant make, are now for naught. The Everett plant will be counted on to make up the difference.
edit on 15-2-2014 by buster2010 because: (no reason given)