Photo by Samuel E Burns
The Chattanooga Volkswagen plant’s former head of manufacturing on Thursday hit the idea of unionizing the factory, saying the United Auto Workers would take employees “out of the picture.”
“I’m not sure what the union can improve,” said Don Jackson, who worked at the massive factory for four years before retiring last year.
Jackson, with 34 years in manufacturing with VW and Toyota, worried about what he termed “old union practices based on intimidation and threats.”
“A third party drives a wedge between management and employees,” Jackson told more than 150 people who showed up at the forum at the Embassy Suites near Hamilton Place mall.
The forum was put on by Citizens for Free Markets, a group concerned about the UAW’s efforts to organize VW’s Chattanooga plant.
UAW officials said Thursday they intentionally stayed away from the meeting because they didn’t want any trouble.
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2013/jul/19/uaw-slammed-forum-labor-organization-efforts-chatt/
WPC's Matt Patterson spoke at Embassy Suites about UAW’s efforts to organize VW’s Chattanooga plant. The link below is the organization he is affiliated with.
http://workplacechoice.org/
WPC’s
Matt Patterson is honored to accept an invitation from Citizens for
Free Markets to speak at a public event in Chattanooga on July 18th
about the United Auto Workers and their drive to organize the local
Volkswagen plant. - See more at:
http://workplacechoice.org/#sthash.L5Mztub1.dpuf
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