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This R&D provides articles on the United Auto Workers (UAW) recent failure to unionize a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The UAW has been looking to unionize more automotive plants in the South, which have resisted unionization attempts for decades.
“If the UAW couldn’t succeed in Chattanooga, it’s unlikely to find success elsewhere in the South. Read more: http://t.co/WJSCnFr19E
— Brit Hume (@brithume) February 15, 2014
Many people thought @UAW would win @VW. The #South wasn’t going to let it happen. http://t.co/cb700CkQ1G via @forbes
— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) February 15, 2014
“Union looks for Plan B.” A very good account of what happened to the @UAW in Tennessee by @lydiadepillis. #UAWVW http://t.co/78TPUjhl7q
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) February 17, 2014
Workers at Tennessee plant reject UAW in deep blow for unions in South: http://t.co/tyey2WjZCp
— The Hill (@thehill) February 15, 2014
Outstanding RT @AP: BREAKING: Volkswagen workers reject union at TN factory, damaging efforts to organize in South: http://t.co/V093Uumuk4
— Ryan Williams (@RyanGOP) February 15, 2014
UAW saw winning at VW as a game changer for labor in the South. But the UAW lost & they’re angry. My updated story: http://t.co/6h1ITjsRx0
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) February 15, 2014
VW labor chief says UAW vote could cost South future expansion. http://t.co/PT8DGqPIkE This could be a big deal b/c he sits on the VW board.
— Chas Sisk (@chassisk) February 19, 2014
Could this be a comeback for unions… in the South? http://t.co/89dqGqV55F
— America Tonight (@AmericaTonight) February 12, 2014
RT @ohioaflcio: The South finally coming around on benefits of unions as @UAW #organize VW workers in Chattanooga http://t.co/jCX6W38LOU
— AFL-CIO (@AFLCIO) December 16, 2013
Pearlstein to-be-sure graf (3d from end) concedes UAW killed Detroit. But, hey, why “fight the last war”? http://t.co/VNbjGPj4J6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 16, 2014
UAW chief’s legacy to be decided in South http://t.co/xlGU0QaQ4B
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) December 1, 2013
Outsiders should back off. Let VW workers determine their own future with @UAW http://t.co/lPGvg8YY3p The South will Rise & #ORGANIZE
— Ohio AFL-CIO (@ohioaflcio) February 11, 2014
UAW vote at Volkswagen confronts union aversion in the South: http://t.co/hY6iqq45jp
— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) February 11, 2014
VW may offer UAW union some hope in the South http://t.co/yaRKzhJO7A
— Fortune Magazine (@FortuneMagazine) February 5, 2014