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Tn workers reject union at VW plant.
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<blockquote data-quote="NC Liz 2" data-source="post: 1103761" data-attributes="member: 21522"><p>CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted against union representation, a devastating loss that derails the United Auto Workers union's effort to organize Southern factories.</p><p></p><p>The 712-626 vote released late Friday stunned many labor experts who expected a UAW win because Volkswagen tacitly endorsed the union and even allowed organizers into the Chattanooga factory to make sales pitches.</p><p></p><p>The UAW for decades has tried without success to organize a foreign-owned plant in a region that's wary of organized labor. The loss now makes it even harder for the union to recruit members at another Southern factory.</p><p></p><p>"If they can't win this one, what can they win?" asked Art Schwartz, a former General Motors labor negotiator who now is a consultant in Ann Arbor, Mich.</p><p></p><p>UAW President Bob King, in a 2011 speech to workers, said the union has no long-term future if it can't organize the Southern plants.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/uaw-vote-volkswagen-plant-tenn-ends-friday" target="_blank">http://bigstory.ap.org/article/uaw-vote ... nds-friday</a></p><p>As Monte Hall would say:</p><p>COME ON DOWN GM!</p><p>COME ON DOWN Ford!</p><p>COME ON DOWN Chrysler!</p><p>Lets make a deal!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="NC Liz 2, post: 1103761, member: 21522"] CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted against union representation, a devastating loss that derails the United Auto Workers union's effort to organize Southern factories. The 712-626 vote released late Friday stunned many labor experts who expected a UAW win because Volkswagen tacitly endorsed the union and even allowed organizers into the Chattanooga factory to make sales pitches. The UAW for decades has tried without success to organize a foreign-owned plant in a region that's wary of organized labor. The loss now makes it even harder for the union to recruit members at another Southern factory. "If they can't win this one, what can they win?" asked Art Schwartz, a former General Motors labor negotiator who now is a consultant in Ann Arbor, Mich. UAW President Bob King, in a 2011 speech to workers, said the union has no long-term future if it can't organize the Southern plants.[/quote] [url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/uaw-vote-volkswagen-plant-tenn-ends-friday]http://bigstory.ap.org/article/uaw-vote ... nds-friday[/url] As Monte Hall would say: COME ON DOWN GM! COME ON DOWN Ford! COME ON DOWN Chrysler! Lets make a deal! [/QUOTE]
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