UAW angered over VW workers getting right to defend anti-union vote

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The United Auto Workers have called a decision by the National Labor Relations Board allowing anti-UAW employees at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga the right to defend voting down unionization at the plant "an outrage."

You'll recall that the union was defeated by a vote of 712 to 626 in a contentious February election. The UAW claims the outcome was unfairly swayed by pro-business, anti-union forces, including Senator Bob Corker and political advocate Grover Norquist.

This new decision by the NLRB essentially gives workers backed by the anti-UAW National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and Southern Momentum a formal voice in the impending hearing on the UAW's appeal of the vote.

"It is an outrage that [the anti-UAW worker's] allies, who refused to reveal their funding sources and who openly republished the illicit threats in the media and among the Volkswagen workforce, will now be allowed to participate in the NLRB hearing," the UAW said in a statement. It alleges that both anti-UAW groups are "masquerading as legitimate worker representatives," despite strong ties to business interests.

The NLRB hearing hasn't officially been announced, although it's likely a sure thing, which Reuters attributes to Volkswagen's size and widely publicized vote. Perhaps as worrying to the UAW, though, is that if it wins the appeal, the anti-UAW workers could then muster their own appeal of the decision. According to Automotive News, if this were the case, the appeal process would move from the NLRB's regional office in Atlanta, which will likely handle the UAW's appeal, to the full five-member board in Washington.

With both sides now holding the power to appeal, it's very unlikely that we've heard the last from either side on this vote.Continue reading UAW angered over VW workers getting right to defend anti-union vote

UAW angered over VW workers getting right to defend anti-union vote originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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