Golfboy Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Because they know they'll lose. Surprisingly, the actually admitted it. http://www.redstate.com/2013/11/15/why-doesnt-the-uaw-want-a-secret-ballot-election-at-vw/ It is a long-standing precedent that unions are legally allowed to lie to workers in order to get their support–and lie they do. Take, for example, Carol Wilson, a Volkswagen employee in Chattanooga who was misled into signing a UAW authorization card. “When I was approached to sign a card a year and a half ago, it was, ‘Oh, the card just means you want more information.‘” Lying to workers in order to get them to sign union authorization cards is, unfortunately, a common tactic. It is also one of the reasons unions like the idea of card-check–the process of unionization based on signatures, as opposed to secret-ballot elections. In Chattanooga, where the UAW has claimed that it has gotten a majority of VW’s employees to support the union’s efforts, the does not want employees to vote by secret-ballot on unionization. Why? Because, according to the UAW, it will lose. “We’ve determined we definitely have a majority of employees who favor this representation,” Casteel told the Tennessean last month. “But we are not seeking a vote necessarily.” Why not, if that is what the workers want? “ We know if we go for a traditional election where the outside organizations could campaign against us, we’d probably lose,” Casteel said. [Emphasis added.] Who is Gary Casteel? He is the United Auto Workers’ organizer assigned to unionize VW workers in Chattanooga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.