Three anti-union Volkswagen (VOW3.DE) workers have sued the German automaker and the United Auto Workers in U.S. court, alleging that they improperly colluded in the run-up to a union election in Tennessee that the UAW lost. The lawsuit marks the latest fallout from a hard-fought contest at VWs plant in Chattanooga, where workers voted 712-626 last month not to join the UAW. The union is asking federal regulators to scrap that result and hold a new election. In their lawsuit, the three workers are seeking a legal injunction that would prohibit VW from making similar agreements with the UAW if another election is held in Chattanooga. Filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in Chattanooga, the complaint alleges VW provided thing(s) of value to the UAW in the unionization drive, violating the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA). VW managers helped the UAW in days leading up to the mid-February election by agreeing not to oppose its unionization drive, granting the union access to its property and allowing it to meet with employees during work hours, the lawsuit said. The LMRA bars employers from paying or delivering a thing of value to the labor union representing its employees. UAW union officials and Volkswagen management have colluded to deprive these workers of a fair vote from the start, Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, said in a statement. Enough is enough, which is why these workers are seeking to prevent further VW assistance to the UAWs organizing efforts, added Mix, whose Washington, D.C. area-based group launches legal actions against unions across the United States. finance.yahoo/news/anti-union-workers-sue-volkswagen-183806918.html
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:14:49 +0000
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