Volkswagon of America!!

[mrwallace2ku]

My oh my how the ebb-n-flow of the American made auto industry may be headed in. Big UofA vote to unionize down in Chatanoogie, Tenn @ the existing Volkswagon plant. The Company is asking it's workers IF they want to join a union, with their blessing no doubt. Could help change all those "right to work state" foreign/domestic auto plants located in the south too. Grover Nortwist, da gubnor and the right wing Tenn legislators are fuming and quaking in their booties about it too...

Bottom line...

I am impressed with the integrity of THIS multi-international/American Corporation and how it views it's work force.

Tinkle I'll buy a VW next time I need a new scooter car.

"Built by the American worker for the American worker"

 

[757Hokie83]

My oh my how the ebb-n-flow of the American made auto industry may be headed in. Big UofA vote to unionize down in Chatanoogie, Tenn @ the existing Volkswagon plant. The Company is asking it's workers IF they want to join a union, with their blessing no doubt. Could help change all those "right to work state" foreign/domestic auto plants located in the south too. Grover Nortwist, da gubnor and the right wing Tenn legislators are fuming and quaking in their booties about it too...

Bottom line...

I am impressed with the integrity of THIS multi-international/American Corporation and how it views it's work force.

Tinkle I'll buy a VW next time I need a new scooter car.

"Built by the American worker for the American worker"

?

 

[mrwallace2ku]

lolz hokie...that is where I got that line from...

 

[Irish7478]

Just FYI, it's Volkswagen

 

[JuiceTheGator]

meep-meep.

This is the only one I'd ever buy. I wonder if they still use the Bentley chassis?

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/2014-volkswagen-phaeton-future-cars

 

[KansasSooner]

Will the VW workers be allowed to get drunk and/or stoned on their lunch break like their UAW counterparts at Chrysler?

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Time is "almost here" kids! Last day of Unionizing vote is today.

THIS story is probably the biggest in the country right now, unreported that is...outside of Bengahzi of course...

In my OP, hope those workers go UofA and their BEST interest in labor negotiations for the future.

Love the the Tenn politics also...fuckers down there are "imploding".


Couldn't happen on a better day than Valentines Day...here's to you and yours "UNION" workers...


http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-autos-vw-election-idUSBREA1D1DP20140214

 

[Taz_Hokie]

The Company is asking it's workers IF they want to join a union

It was my understanding that if someone initiates a vote for becoming a Union, the company has no way to stop it. I'm sure Volkswagen wasn't proactive about offering a union to it's workers.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

It was my understanding that if someone initiates a vote for becoming a Union, the company has no way to stop it. I'm sure Volkswagen wasn't proactive about offering a union to it's workers.

Company would rather work with a union than not. Germany is a "pro-union" country and is leading the EU despite being so.

Go figure...

 

[BTHOtu]

Wasn't VW invented by Hitler?

 

[outofyourmind]

It got voted down.

Those workers aren't as dumb as some people wanted them to be.

 

[006]

My oh my how the ebb-n-flow of the American made auto industry may be headed in. Big UofA vote to unionize down in Chatanoogie, Tenn @ the existing Volkswagon plant. The Company is asking it's workers IF they want to join a union, with their blessing no doubt. Could help change all those "right to work state" foreign/domestic auto plants located in the south too. Grover Nortwist, da gubnor and the right wing Tenn legislators are fuming and quaking in their booties about it too...

Bottom line...

I am impressed with the integrity of THIS multi-international/American Corporation and how it views it's work force.

Tinkle I'll buy a VW next time I need a new scooter car.

"Built by the American worker for the American worker"

Lulz at people who can't handle their own business and need another grown man to do their negotiating.

 

[JuiceTheGator]

Good for them. They won't need to be replaced by robots or Chinee. Now I really do want a Phaeton.

 

[006]

Unions. The Pace Car

 

[broncosmitty]

Company would rather work with a union than not. Germany is a "pro-union" country and is leading the EU despite being so.

Go figure...

They must be disappointed.

 

[KansasSooner]

What the hell? Most of western Europe is pro-union and only one is doing any good and still trails the US. Well so much for unions...

 

[wildturkey]

From what I gathered, VW was pushing it because in their Europlants, they have a "worker's council" with corporate and blue collars that work on issues together. But because of how shit is set up here in the States, for that to happen, the UAW would have to be involved. So in essence, the company can't work with its workers without the middleman (UAW). Which is stupid but still. Probably best that it got voted down. I'm sure it wouldn't have worked as smoothly as VW thought it would once the UAW got its hands on everything

 

[IndyAndy]

Wasn't VW invented by Hitler?

Hitler gave Ferdinand Porsche a directive to design & build a car that the common German citizen could afford, & poured large amounts of Govt. money into the factory where it was to be built. The notion that he "invented" what would become the VW Beatle comes from a rough initial sketch of a car that he gave to Porsche, which bears a slight resemblance to the final product.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Usually I like to wait until "the fat lady sings or the dust settles", however it appears that "outside forces" namely a "sitting" US Senator, da gub of Tenn and a State senator have been "meddling" into a private Corporation's worker rights to unionize. Lying to it's citizens about what's going on at the plant. Just who are the "thugs" in this situation? The Union or the elected officials? Guess the latter is going to get "fettered out" by a law enacted decades ago just for such situations.

Wow and I thought the GOP was ALL ABOUT "no government intrusion", guess not as the NLRB is now involved in this mess.

Looks to me like a "revote" will be soon done again. In case you don't know, the unionization of the plant lost by 80 something votes, so ONLY 45 more "yes votes" will be needed to pass.

All IS NOT well in the South and Corker will have to put a cork in his mouth this time. NEVER count your chickens until there hatched as the old saying goes.

ENJOY THE RIDE!

HA!

 

[fordman84]

Usually I like to wait until "the fat lady sings or the dust settles", however it appears that "outside forces" namely a "sitting" US Senator, da gub of Tenn and a State senator have been "meddling" into a private Corporation's worker rights to unionize. Lying to it's citizens about what's going on at the plant. Just who are the "thugs" in this situation? The Union or the elected officials? Guess the latter is going to get "fettered out" by a law enacted decades ago just for such situations.

Wow and I thought the GOP was ALL ABOUT "no government intrusion", guess not as the NLRB is now involved in this mess.

Looks to me like a "revote" will be soon done again. In case you don't know, the unionization of the plant lost by 80 something votes, so ONLY 45 more "yes votes" will be needed to pass.

All IS NOT well in the South and Corker will have to put a cork in his mouth this time. NEVER count your chickens until there hatched as the old saying goes.

ENJOY THE RIDE!

HA!

Yup, innocent old union is so innocent that they are now threatening to kill any VW expansion in the south unless the union is voted in. No outside influence going on there, now is there? :rollseyes:

Sounds like VW is now going to press forward with setting up their in house works council, like they wanted all along. I'd rather see them fight to overturn the stupid rule that says a US union has to be in shop before a works council at a private company can be instituted.