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7. It was more likely that the UAW was planning on the extra line regardless. The VW plant is not
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 02:22 PM
Feb 2014

profitable with only one line and was never intended to be a single line plant. Corker said if they voted against the union they would get the new line. He never said if they voted for the union they wouldn't get it. It makes sense that VW had decided to add the line and Corker used the information to his advantage. Since Corker used the word "rewarded", as in, the workers would be "rewarded" by voting against the union with a new car line one could almost consider it a bribe, but he never said they wouldn't get the line if the voted for the union.

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