"UAW asks labor board for new vote at Volkswagen"

UAW asks labor board for new vote at Volkswagen

By Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press Business Writer

http://www.freep.com/article/20140221/BUSINESS01/302210122/UAW-Volkswagen-appeal-object

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The UAW faces a high legal hurdle in appealing last week’s defeat at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant.

Citing public statements by Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Corker and other Tennessee politicians, the UAW asked the National Labor Relations Board to set aside the results and conduct a new election.

Workers at the 3-year-old factory in Chattanooga voted 712-626 against UAW representation at the plant.

“Senator Corker’s conduct was shameful and undertaken with utter disregard for the rights of the citizens of Tennessee and surrounding states that work at Volkswagen Chattanooga,” the union said in a 58-page document filed Friday. “It is a more than adequate basis for sustaining these objections.”



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