Foundation Helps Auto Workers in Tennessee

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys are taking up the cause of auto workers who have been railroaded into union membership by the organizing activities taking place at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant.  Chloe Morrison has the story on nooga.com

Volkswagen employees have been relatively quiet lately on the issue of Volkswagen unionization, but one recently broke the silence and said he suspects there is movement behind the scenes.

“I expect something underhanded is afoot,” Volkswagen employee Mike Burton wrote on the website he created, called No2UAW.

Burton has said that he wants his co-workers to be educated, and he thinks a secret ballot election is the only fair way to decide whether the United Auto Workers should organize at the local Volkswagen plant. Click here to see more of what Burton posted this month.

With help from the National Right to Work Legal Foundation, employees have filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Volkswagen America, Volkswagen AG and the United Auto Workers Union, stemming from the efforts to form a union at the local plant.

One complaint alleges, in part, that statements by German officials have illegally coerced workers into representation by the United Auto Workers Union.

Another complaint says that UAW representatives got workers to sign union authorization cards by coercion and misrepresentation and used union cards signed too long ago to be legally valid.

Leaders with the National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday they can’t comment about ongoing investigations.

“There are several issues, and they are under investigation,” NLRB spokesman Greg King said Tuesday.

VW officials also said they couldn’t comment on ongoing legal matters.

So what’s next?