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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