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WJR 4/22/2024 2:50:26 PM: ...good start for the UAW because as Sean Fain says the domino to fall is Volkswagen in chattanooga, tennessee, where they have voted to unionize business professor and labor expert at Wayne state University Merrick Masters joins me once again to break this all down professor it's great to have you back. Wow. It's a pleasure to be here. Thanks for have a historic vote here. What does it mean the UAW were able to unionize the VW plant down in Chattanooga well it maintains the momentum the UAW has build sand Sean Fame was inaugurated last March and that was accelerated into the record contracts on the heels of the successful stand-up strike so the campaign which was launched empty ended November orb last year to organize 13 nonunion facilities has had one major sex seset cat new go where they had failed in the past and has another election taking place. Yet the advance Alabama planet Mercedes in the middle of a so it's good news for the UAW but road ahead is very difficult not only put this Union but for labor As a whole. It may been the year of the Union. But I think it's important to remember To put that in perspective, the state of the unions are still pretty bad in terms of their overall representation and the successes that they had unseemly haven't been able to translate into increased membership relative to the size of the workforce. So is this really just a fight for the lifeblood of the Union at this point. I mean, they're spending a lot of money, 40 million dollars on this campaign to unionize. Some of these facilities because realistically, they can't get much smaller they can afford it. Well, Yes. I mean they have to organize the non-union facilities United States they represent more employees actually in the Big 3 do and one of the big three. It's important to remember is a foreign-owned company. It's not a domestic company so they have a lot of challenges going forward and if they're not able to organize these facilities across the board. They're going to continue to be in a week and position when they have to negotiate with any group of them I want you to try to clarify something for me because I read that this VW plant was the only VW plant that wasn't you nice. Is that true I it may very well be ... * This copy is real time computer generated. Your keyword is highlighted, other text will vary in accuracy due to speaker dialect and audio quality issues.
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