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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

MichMan

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4. The vote unfortunately was 2:1 against, so not very close at all

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Sun Nov 12, 2017, 10:04 PM

Nov 2017

There was a lot of infighting between the UAW and the IUE on which one had the right to exclusive jurisdiction.

The IUE had been the bargaining agent when the plant was owned by General Motors building SUV, so don't know if that had any role in the voting.

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Fuyao employees reject UAW bid by a wide margin [View all] MichMan Nov 2017 OP

The old "you unionize, and we move to Vietnam" ploy. sandensea Nov 2017 #1

They spent a lot of $$$ refurbishing the plant MichMan Nov 2017 #2

How about Mexico? sandensea Nov 2017 #5

Much more likely MichMan Nov 2017 #7

Yep that's the way it usually works, scared they'll lose their job blueinredohio Nov 2017 #3

Normally, a gossip campaign is launched, where the rumor is that some or all of the jobs will be go. TheBlackAdder Nov 2017 #6

The vote unfortunately was 2:1 against, so not very close at all MichMan Nov 2017 #4