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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Tag: Chattanooga Volkswagen Plant

UAW Playing the Long Game, Ready for the Short Game at VW in Chattanooga

Labor Organizing July 15, 2014July 15, 2014 by digital

Little Rock     Chairman of Volkswagen announced in Germany with the Tennessee Governor and US Senator Bob Coker from Tennessee hanging on every word, that the company will add 2000 workers, spend $600 million adding a new SUV line at the Chattanooga plant, and collect $166 million from the State of Tennessee in tax and other …

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UAW Back in Force at VW in Chattanooga – Told You So!

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Labor Organizing Organizing July 11, 2014July 11, 2014 by digital

Kiln     Steven Greenhouse of the New York Times is pretty much the dean of what is left of the labor press in the United States.  He expresses surprise at the news that the UAW is establishing a local union in the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant where they narrowly lost an election earlier in the year.  It’s …

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