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Union Vote In Chattanooga Shows Danger Of Card Check
Investors.com ^
| February 18, 2014
| IBD Editorial
Posted on 02/18/2014 4:42:56 PM PST by jazusamo
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This is proof that card check is nothing more than another power grab by unions and the likes of 0bama and Holder.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:42:56 PM PST
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
reject union representation 53-47. Just to be clear that is 53% to 47%.
about 1400 votes were cast.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:48:13 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.)
To: jazusamo
The word ‘voluntarily’ isn't relevant in this instance. Obviously the Union had bullied many workers into signing the cards. The secret ballot is of utmost importance in EVERY ELECTION of any kind. That is the only way to assure an honest vote. Now, when it comes to the Dems cheating, we had better figure out how they are doing it or we won't win another National election.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:48:19 PM PST
by
originalbuckeye
("A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue;)
To: jazusamo
It was the unions that fought for secret ballots and they were right to do so. Management has no right to intimidate employees into voting against unionization. But the union is so transparently hypocritical to NOW want to do away with the secret ballot so they can rig the elections with thuggery. There’s no legitimate reason for anyone on either side to oppose secret ballots, and you can tell who the sleazebags are at any given moment by checking who’s against them.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:48:36 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: jazusamo
The VW vote is precisely why the unions want unionization accepted just based on the card check to be in effect as soon as there is a majority of signatures. Strongarmery can get signatures but is ineffective for secret balloting.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:49:12 PM PST
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
To: Michael.SF.
Thanks, I noticed that too.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:50:59 PM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: arthurus
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:51:00 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: jazusamo
Never have, never will like what Unions are today. That said, another angle here in the dramatic drop in Union membership is that there has been a similar drop in the type of jobs available that attract the Unions.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:53:04 PM PST
by
IamConservative
(There is no place like 127.0.0.1)
To: Still Thinking
Well said and dead on the mark.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:53:19 PM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: arthurus
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:54:48 PM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: jazusamo
Card check is a totalitarian gangsterish tactic of course.
But a works council isn’t a bad idea, if a German or Japanese style one can work in the US. German unions aren’t as corrupt and gangsterish as US ones, and are often even assets. Part of all this is that Germans and Japanese feel social pressure to behave themselves and maintain their reputations.
Americans are much less likely to care what other people think of them. This can be a good thing; it can also lead to a leadership of companies and unions, or of workers, who behave in ways that the Japanese or Germans would find very self serving.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:55:11 PM PST
by
buwaya
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:57:00 PM PST
by
jazusamo
([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:58:48 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: Michael.SF.
The voting went on for 3 days ...
about 89% of the workers at the Chattanooga VW plant voted..
yes it was 53% those who voted were against unionizing to 47% for..
BTW 89% is much better than the average POTUS election...
To: Still Thinking
That was due to the fact that various firms figured out how to determine the likeliness of someone's vote. They can't peek in the voting booth, but they can make
very good guesses without the election.
While no party has no right to intimidate, there are avenues that provide the same outcome while remaining legal. Thankfully, these have not generally been in the union's favor.
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posted on
02/18/2014 5:11:05 PM PST
by
setha
(It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
To: arthurus
Strongarmery can get signatures but is ineffective for secret balloting. Generally, but where there is will there is way.
Consider the live polling by an "independent pollster" prior to a "secret" election of a 'Rat versus a pubbie. There are LOTS Of things that "independent pollster" can do with the results during the campaign, at GOTV time, on election day... and perhaps beyond as well.
... when "independent pollster" is an arm of the union, of course.
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posted on
02/18/2014 5:11:22 PM PST
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: jazusamo
Card check is a way to bully people into forming a union they do not want. That is why Obastard wants to do away with it.
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posted on
02/18/2014 5:30:48 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: jazusamo
Ignore the turgid Socialist prose - this article has some interesting info, as in:
"Behind the backs of the Chattanooga workers, the UAW signed a neutrality agreement pledging that any future labor agreement would be committed to maintaining and where possible enhancing the cost advantages and other competitive advantages [Volkswagen] enjoys relative to its competitors in the United States and North America..
HERE
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posted on
02/18/2014 5:39:33 PM PST
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: jazusamo
I'd bet dollars to doughnut holes that the NLRB will pull card check out of their wazoo aperture and declare the VW plant unionized before the month is out.
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posted on
02/18/2014 6:03:00 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to behead anyone who says otherwise.)
To: jazusamo
UAW President Bob King insisting, "Yes, we have a majority."Bwahahaha! Deceiving the parasites?
Yes, they (United Socialists of America) do have a majority. Small victory in a larger war BUMP!
HOORAY 712!
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posted on
02/18/2014 6:09:29 PM PST
by
PGalt
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