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Anti-Union Group Vows to Fight UAW Elsewhere in South
The Center for Work Freedom a group that helped thwart the United Auto Workers union's attempt to organize Volkswagen AG's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. says it will attempt to do the same elsewhere in the South.
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The Center for Work Freedom a group that helped thwart the United Auto Workers union's attempt to organize Volkswagen AG's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. says it will attempt to do the same elsewhere in the South.
The conservative group erected billboards and ran radio ads in the Chattanooga area last week blaming the union for Detroit's woes. Observers tell Reuters that other conservatives, joined by vociferous Republican politicians, may have had a bigger impact on the UAW vote.
The analysts add that UAW's defeat at VW will make it tougher for the union to prevail at other facilities in the South. Other possible organization targets include Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz SUV factory in Vance, Ala., and Nissan Motor Co.'s car and truck assembly complex in Canton, Miss.
The percentage of U.S. workers who belong to unions slumped to 11% last year from 20% in 1983, according to government data. The UAW's membership, which peaked at 1.5 million in 1979, was about 383,000 in 2013.
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