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The UAW's Southern strategy
It seems so, at least in the states mentioned, along with the various companies.
If that is true, then there are some serious questions that need to be answered by union personnel.
But, it seems employees are responding and fighting back as well.
It seems so, at least in the states mentioned, along with the various companies.
UAW operatives have reportedly spent at least the last year and a half trying to get Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen workers to sign over their rights during a coercive “card check” unionization campaign. The National Right to Work Foundation received numerous calls and messages from workers at the Chattanooga VW plant who were told by UAW union organizers that a signature on a union “card” was actually a call for a secret-ballot unionization election.
Other workers have echoed those allegations to reporters. They’ve also accused UAW organizers of bribing workers into signing union cards. One VW worker even said that union organizers were giving out free tickets to the local amusement park in exchange for a signature.
If that is true, then there are some serious questions that need to be answered by union personnel.
But, it seems employees are responding and fighting back as well.
While UAW union bosses are doing everything they can stop workers from fleeing their ranks, they have found that many employees want nothing to do with them. In North Carolina and South Carolina, the Freightliner workers actually took the UAW union to federal court.
In Chattanooga, over a third (and counting) of the VW workers have signed petitions to keep UAW union bosses out of their workplace, while others have filed federal charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) challenging the legitimacy of several of the union cards. Meanwhile, Mercedes workers in Vance have spoken out to each other and the media in opposition to unionization of their workplace.