Posts Tagged ‘UAW’
UAW Organizes Desperate Measures
United Auto Worker union bossesare seeking help from concerns outside the United States in their desperate attempt to bring Volkwagen workers under their thumb.In February, workers at the Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant voted to eschew union representation, but UAW bosses refuse to listen. Mike Pare has the story in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Saying…
Read MoreNILRR Clips November 14, 2014
Push For New Mexico “Right To Work” Law Anticipated krwg.org, TV and FM radio, November 13, 2014 A Republican legislative leader says the GOP’s capture of majority control of the state House means New Mexico may enact legislation to bar labor contracts that require workers to be union members. The idea is controversial because it…
Read MoreNILRR Clips October 31, 2014
After indictments, Ironworkers’ union staying mostly on electoral sidelines Watchdog.org, October 30, 2014 Formerly a heavy-hitter in Pennsylvania politics, at least in Philadelphia and its suburbs, Ironworkers’ Local 401 has spent far less during the 2014 election cycle than any others in recent history. UAW’s Tennessee Trick Or Treat Forbes.com, October 30, 2014 The treat…
Read MoreUAW Tricks Volkswagen Workers
Desperate for new sources of dues revenue, UAW union officials offering a “trick” to Chattanooga Volkswagen workers. Even Labor Secretary Tom Perez is getting in on the act, declaring the U.S. will import German-style work councils. These co-called councils must operate under a union in the United States. And Volkswagen workers, having rejected the union…
Read MoreAnother UAW Organizing Scheme
After their unsuccessful attempt to organize the Volkswagen automobile plant in Right To Work Chattanooga, UAW union officials are attempting another end-run around workers in Alabama. Patrick Rupinski as the story in tuscaloosa.com. The United Auto Workers adopted a new tactic this month in its drive to organize Southeastern auto plants. It formed a new…
Read MoreUAW Coercion in Right to Work Michgan
UAW union officials are stepping up their coercion and intimidation tactics now that Michigan’s Right to Work Law is allowing all workers to choose whether they wish to accept union representation. Kathleen Sulkowski, represented with free legal advice by the National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation, is challenging the requirement that union…
Read MoreA Reign of Terror Begins in Tennessee
Having lost a representation election bid at a Volkswagen plan in Tennessee, the UAW has begun aReign of Terrorat the Spring Hill plant in Right to Work Tennessee. Already an employee has been harassed and threatened for standing up for his Right to Refrain. Glenn Taubman, attorney for the National Right to Work Legal Defense…
Read MoreUAW Desperate to Keep Michigan Members
If a union is working for its members, those members will not want to resign. If it is not working for its members, they should not have to jump through hoops in order to resign. United Auto Workers Local 600, of Dearborn, Michigan, requires union members who wish to resign, to appear in person and…
Read MoreNILRR Clips October 10, 2014
Roy Exum: The UAW’s New Scab List The Chattanoogan Online, October 10, 2014 There is a special page that is popping up on union websites in right-to-work states such as Tennessee that is called “The Scab List,” according to an article in Washington. Glenn Taubmann, a lawyer at the National Right to Work Legal Defense…
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It’s unions that treat nonmembers as ‘whipping boys’: Guest opinion Oregonlive.com, July 22, 2014 The normally calm Nesbitt states that the high court has made “whipping boys” of both unions and home care workers. I disagree. It is government employee unions that have been treating home care workers as whipping boys. Until the Supreme…
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