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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTennessee's GOP governor says Volkswagen plant workers made a mistake in union vote
https://apnews.com/article/volkswagen-uaw-union-vote-ef85b4319a9496f78835614e08a8cb9eAhead of the vote, Lee and five other Southern Republican governors spoke out publicly against the UAWs drive to organize workers at factories largely in the South, arguing that if autoworkers were to vote for union representation, it would jeopardize jobs.
Instead, the union wound up pulling 73% of the vote at a facility whose workers had narrowly rejected the union in 2019 and 2014. The Volkswagen plant vote was the first to follow a series of strikes last fall against Detroits automakers that resulted in lucrative new contracts. Workers at Mercedes factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote on UAW representation in May.
Lee told reporters Monday that the Volkswagen vote was a loss for workers. He noted that he has a long history with skilled workers workers are not unionized at his familys business, Lee Company, which employs about 1,600 people in home, facilities and construction projects.
ProfessorGAC
(65,211 posts)The guy with 1,600 non-union employees doesn't like unions. Got it.
The rest was "gcsth htuji fsseg kutd "
Bettie
(16,129 posts)of "things that are not any of his business"!
senseandsensibility
(17,146 posts)says what?
LiberalFighter
(51,103 posts)Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)Great work VW and UAW. There was a time when unions were celebrated in this state. I had two UAW member uncles, one who worked for Pirrelli and one for Peterbilt. It's nice to see unions gaining a resurgence in this fascist state.
Chainfire
(17,644 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,118 posts)They tell workers they should make less money. It never fails, they are against higher wages. I dont understand how anyone who works for a living can vote for a party that flat out says workers need to make less money and get less benefits.
Permanut
(5,649 posts)The union will just totally ruin that.
keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)Not the latest.
Uncle Joe
(58,426 posts)Bill Lee needs to start appreciating democracy.
Thanks for the thread pstokely