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The UAW Vote in Mississippi is a Battle for the Soul of the U.S. Labor Movement

Leave a Comment / United Auto Workers / By max cyril

After years of painstaking work by United Auto Workers (UAW) organizers to build support for a union at the big Nissan auto and truck assembly plant near Canton, Miss., the workers themselves will vote today and tomorrow on whether to accept UAW their collective bargaining voice at the plant. “I think it [union approval] will …

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Big Organizing Victory in the South: Volkswagen Workers to Be Represented by UAW

Leave a Comment / unions, United Auto Workers / By max cyril

Another story about working people in the South successfully organizing comes our way via Chattanooga, Tennessee, where skilled trades employees at Volkswagen’s plant in the town voted overwhelmingly to be represented by UAW Local 42. More than 70% of workers who cast ballots voted for the union. Mike Cantrell, president of UAW Local 42, said: A key …

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The Battle for Chattanooga: Southern Masculinity and the Anti-Union Campaign at Volkswagen

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

During the nearly two years he worked at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., Ed Hunter, 43, spent his days bent over, crawling in and out of cars on the assembly line. He believes the posture slowly destroyed his body and led to an accident he suffered in June 2011. “When I got into the …

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UAW Appeals Volkswagen Vote Over Threats from Republican Officials

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The UAW is appealing its narrow loss in the recent union representation vote at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant, citing Republican politicians’ threats against jobs if workers unionized. The union is asking the National Labor Relations Board to hold a new election. For his part, Sen. Bob Corker remains on the offensive, blasting the union as being …

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The UAW Vote in Mississippi is a Battle for the Soul of the U.S. Labor Movement

Big Organizing Victory in the South: Volkswagen Workers to Be Represented by UAW

The Battle for Chattanooga: Southern Masculinity and the Anti-Union Campaign at Volkswagen

UAW Appeals Volkswagen Vote Over Threats from Republican Officials

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