UAW Local Wins Full Access To VW Chattanooga Factory
It’s official: The United Auto Workers have won the right to hold meetings at Volkswagen AG’s Chattanooga, Tenn. facility, further paving the path toward full organization.
Chattanooga Times Free Press reports UAW Local 42 reached the third and highest tier of VW’s community organization engagement policy Monday, allowing the local to hold biweekly meetings with plant officials, as well as to reserve and use on-site locations for non-work meetings with staff and employees as needed, access to the factory’s Conference Center for internal employee meetings once per month during non-work hours, and post announcements and information in designated areas.
UAW secretary-treasurer Gary Casteel said the local was ready to take advantage of its new status, beginning by establishing biweekly meetings with both HR and the Volkswagen Chattanooga Executive Committee. The third and highest tier of the policy — and the benefits entailed — is reached when an organizing body nets at least 45 percent of the factory floor’s employees.
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If the Germans didn't regret setting up shop in the land of greed they will now.
It's little wonder that VW can't make cars well when they repeat mistakes like this one.
Considering that the cars currently built there aren't exactly selling like hotcakes the UAW might very well just drive more production to Mexico.
Sadly, the UAW has somehow become the poster child for Unions. Most unions are a reasonable response-think how a union would help Wal Mart workers. Maybe they could even get off public assistance. The UAW isn't a typical union.