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Workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted 712-626 not to unionize late Friday night. The Associated Press reports:
The loss is a major setback for the UAW’s effort to make inroads in the growing South, where foreign automakers have 14 assembly plants, eight built in the past decade, said Kristin Dziczek, director of the labor and industry group at the Center for Automotive Research, an industry think tank in Michigan. “If this was going to work anywhere, this is where it was going to work,” she said of Chattanooga.
Organizing a Southern plant is so crucial to the union that UAW President Bob King told workers in a speech that the union has no long-term future without it.
@arunindy @MikeElk Is it not possible that the workers didn't want to unionize?
— Nolan (@nm084) February 15, 2014
That seems a likely explanation. The defeat for the United Auto Workers was a victory for Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Gov. Bill Haslam.
Needless to say, I am thrilled for the employees at Volkswagen and for our community and its future. –BC
— Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) February 15, 2014
Labor reporter Mike Elk was poetic in his disappointment in the vote.
This is a huge setback for the UAW to lose with a neutral employer
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) February 15, 2014
A hard cold freezy rain falling in Chattanooga tonite – feels like somebody died maybe the labor movement in the south
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) February 15, 2014
I will have a story tomorrow looking at how outside forces & potential UAW missteps lead to a lose at vw
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) February 15, 2014
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Also odd there was no booze at union hall tonite – never would have happened back in the birth
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) February 15, 2014
@JohnEkdahl Mike Elk tears are the best thing ever. It's like TN workers gave me a V day present.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) February 15, 2014
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Obama can't even help a union win a vote. Can't wait to see how much his involvement helps Democrats in November.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) February 15, 2014
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Guess who these unions hurt the most? The unemployed and poor workers that will end up jobless when the company can't afford Union demands.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) February 15, 2014
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Workers have to consider whether they want to pay dues for an organization that spends money on bureaucrats and unrelated political causes.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) February 15, 2014
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