How Fear Beat the UAW in Tennessee (via Moyers & Company)
On Friday, a three-day election process ended when Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted against joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) 712 to 626. Coming into the vote, both sides knew what was at stake — the union drive was a direct threat…
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Forget about the UAW, who are corrupt and inept, and focus on implementing a workers council. Americans could learn from the German approach.
I find it amazing that a for-profit business is more progressive than the workers it employs.
After rejecting UAW, VW workers may still get works council
VW is going ahead anyway:
(Reuters) - Workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant may have voted against joining the United Auto Workers union last week but they may still gain some representation in the company through the formation of a works council.
Frank Fischer, chief executive of VW Chattanooga and manager of the plant, emphasized on Friday night that while the workers voted against the UAW they did not vote down the idea of a works council. "Throughout this process, we found great enthusiasm for the idea of an American-style works council both inside and outside our plant," Fischer said. "Our goal continues to be to determine the best method for establishing a works council in accordance with the requirements of U.S. labor law."
Best of both worlds, IMO, you get collective bargaining and avoid the organized union thugs.
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