2014-11-10 UAW Letter re: VW developments
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8/10/2019 2014-11-10 UAW Letter re: VW developments
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November 10, 2014
We are writing to update you on our progress towardbeing recognized as Volkswagens bargaining partner. Asyou know, since Local 42 was created last summer, a majorityof our co-workers have voluntarily joined. It is ourunderstanding that Volkswagen this week will announce anew policy in Chattanooga that will lead to recognition ofLocal 42. We await details from the company on this policyand will share more thoughts after the announcement.
Our expectation that Volkswagen will recognize Local 42 isbased on discussions that took place in Germany last spring,between representatives of the UAW and Volkswagen. Atthat time, we were upset about the interference of outsideparties and false statements made during the Februaryelection conducted by the National Labor Relations Board(NLRB). We were ready to take our objections to an NLRB
hearing and ask for an investigation. At the same time, however, we were working towin placement of the CrossBlue SUV at our plant. This led to the spring discussions inGermany, which were summarized in a document from the company.
That document outlined mutually agreed-upon commitments by Volkswagen and theUAW. One key commitment: the UAW would withdraw its NLRB objections, so thatthey would not become an issue in the CrossBlue placement decision. The UAW didthat, knowing that the NLRB process could drag on for years. Another key commitment:the UAW and Volkswagen would work cooperatively and constructively on the productaward. We did that too, successfully. For its part, Volkswagen committed in thedocument that it would recognize the UAW as the representative of our members.
With the companys commitment, and the clear signal in September that theVolkswagen Global Group Works Council and our German partner IG Metall want theChattanooga plant to be a UAW-represented facility, Local 42 will continue movingforward. Volkswagen recognizes trade unions at all of its plants around the world.Chattanooga is ready to join the rest of the Volkswagen family. We await the details ofVolkswagens announcement and will update you on the next steps.
In solidarity,MIKE CANTRELL STEVE COCHRAN
UAW Local 42 President UAW Local 42 Vice-Presidentcc. UAW President Dennis Williams
UAW Secretary-Treasurer Gary CasteelUAW Region 8 Director Ray Curry
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