Posted on 02/16/2014 9:05:15 AM PST by rktman
A vote by workers in Tennessee that could yield the first labor union victory at a foreign-owned auto plant in the U.S. South will be difficult to challenge, no matter the outcome, despite growing controversy over the election.
Volkswagen AG employees at the German company's Chattanooga plant on Friday will complete three days of voting that has seen intense political infighting between anti-union forces and the United Auto Workers (UAW) over unionizing the plant.
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The UAW wants a directed victory not a recount. If they force a recount the outcome will not be as close, unless they are allowed to count the votes as well.
Funny that Rooters is focusing on the anti-union ‘outside meddling’, but it fails to mention the Doofus-in-chief’s pro union outside meddling.
What? "Growing controversy"? About what? Workers not wanting their paychecks raided by a bunch of 'RAT union thugs from D.C.? What is this? The Third Reich? The Soviet Union?
This is liberal journalism speak for, "we didn't like the outcome".
Wanna bet there will be more ballots cast than actual workers at that plant. No doubt the UAW along with some hired thugs from the DNC are threatening, sorry I meant convincing the VW workers of the need to unionize.
If they have a challenge, and I’m not saying that they do, it’ll be because the louts in the Tennessee legislature threatening to revoke tax breaks if the Union won the election, and idiots like Corker saying that VW was going to move production to Mexico unless the union was voted down. I’m pretty sure that the government isn’t allowed to interfere in union activities. And it was all unnecessary to begin with. This is Tennessee. Unions aren’t popular on the whole to begin with. The union would have been voted down without those idiots sticking their nose into things.
I read on another thread that the Tennessee workers start at $19.50 per hour. The UAW workers in Detroit start at $15.50 per hour.
Can’t understand why they wouldn’t want to vote for a decrease in pay. And union dues. And an uncertain future.
The only controversial feature being the outcome.
What about President Obama's vocal involvement, then?
The results were announced yesterday. The UAW LOST, the final tally was 626 For Unionization / 712 Against or roughly 47%/53%.
Sorry, don’t think hanging chads are in play here ala Bush v gore.
Funny.
I’d bet the farm that the term: “controversy” would have appeared nowhere in this article had the UAW gotten their way.
Generally, it seems that matters are only deemed “Controversial” when liberals are pissed off.
One way street called Diversity Drive or PC Way or........ You know the deal. And we’re drivin’ the “wrong” way.
“...despite growing controversy over the election.”
Ah, yes another left-wing media created “crisis” to build the narrative.
I'm pretty sure that the union leadership thinks that they are allowed to break the law with impunity, and I'm pretty sure that their Democrat politician enablers agree with them.
Obama didn't threaten anyone if the union lost the election.
Then that might have given us a reason to challenge the election had the Union won.
Soon we will see....
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