NEWSMAX: In a stunning defeat that could accelerate the decades-long decline of the United Auto Workers, employees voted against union representation at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant — a factory seen as organized labor’s best chance to expand in the South.
An official overseeing the vote, retired Tennessee Circuit Court Judge Sam Payne, said that a majority had voted against UAW representation by 712 to 626 — 53 percent to 47 percent.
The German-based Volkswagen, which has a history of working with unions, did not interfere with the union’s organizing effort… (more)
EDITOR: This is but a chapter, not the end of the story. Within the next few years another vote could be taken and the union may win. Meanwhile, Volkswagen will need to lean over backwards to maintain the favor of their plant employees.
The union may have lost. But because of the threat of a union, the workers will benefit.
By rejecting the union the workers get the best of both worlds. Volkswagen will bend over backwards for the employees and the employees get to keep the union away from their paychecks.
EDITOR: Exactly. We might not like all unions, but, without the threat of unions, all workers would be worse off.