New Orleans Ok, I was dead wrong. I called the union election for the UAW at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a solid victory for the union, and I could hardly wait to see whether or not this opened up important organizing throughout the South. Surprisingly, and tragically, when the votes were counted, …
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Rulemaking that Matters on Deportations and Union Elections
Lafayette Often the devil is in fact in the details, and two important efforts at pushing hard on the details within the vast bureaucracy of governmental affairs matter hugely for people, making these initiatives worth following closely, and piling on to support them for reasons both large and small. In one situation from the …
UAW Breaking Through in Transplants in Chattanooga
New Orleans The Volkswagen company filed with the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a quick election among its 1600 workers in Chattanooga to determine whether or not the United Automobile Workers (UAW) should represent workers at the plant. The UAW has confidently indicated that it has majority support among the workers based on the …