In the new policy assembly plant Volkswagen Chattanooga will allow organized labor groups hold regular meetings and management of the plant in the ground, but refrained from any specific extension of the right to organize unions in collective bargaining.
Volkswagen said today that it has established a policy of "participation of community organizations" set group company and work occupied the negotiating directives "a significant proportion of the employees of Volkswagen in Chattanooga." After the introduction of the policy, the establishment of the UAW in the early employees Local Chapter factory this year, union leaders have told the United Auto Workers, has received most of the plant is approximately 1,500 people.
The Union lost the vote in February, the plant height of the polity, 712-626.
VW's announcement did not mention the name of the UAW, and politics can not be used in workgroups require or request approved exclusive collective bargaining agent for any group of employees, according to a summary provided by public policy.
Instead, he said, will be awarded depending on the terms of access to labor and management organizations based on dialogue, based on the number of employees represented by a particular set of Volkswagen factory three levels.
Gary Casteel, secretary, treasurer of the UAW, said today that the union plans to meet with government officials and "remind jointly agreed commitment of Volkswagen in Germany last spring with the UAW to do."
In these engagements, Casteel said in a statement, Volkswagen expects to recognize a member of the UAW as a local representative.
He said the union also plans to help public test "where a number of membership levels, is more than most of the workers in the factory."
Casteel said the union will submit a letter to the address of the factory, requires that the plant is a "UAW- represented facilities." This distinction is crucial to establish collective bargaining rights.
"We believe that Volkswagen has made a commitment to honesty, we believe the company will honor that commitment," Casteel said. "We are very grateful to the efforts of Volkswagen to clarify how the Local 42 UAW and its members to participate in Chattanooga. We have this policy, we will try to discuss policy issues with management. However, this is a step in the building a strong relationship between management and employees. "
Terms and Conditions
Accounting for factory workers with at least 15% can be accommodated in non-working hours, once a month, announced in the conference room for meetings of plant personnel, and the human resources representative of the population, in order to meet the monthly labor organizations "the current theme is generally concerned with their own members," according to the summary for the public.
Councils factory workers with at least 30% could meet during non-working hours per week, inviting officials are not personal, to meet once a month at the factory, and a meeting with the Executive Committee was held Volkswagen quarterly Chattanooga.
If a group of representatives of employees 45% or more of the conference room of the plant, the plant can retain the "reasonable needs" and staff HR and bi-monthly meeting of the Committee VW Volkswagen Chattanooga Executive.
In order to qualify to get politics, groups must exist primarily for the interests of management, employees and their representatives in the National Labor Relations Act, the company said.
Membership by an independent auditor to verify and update twice a year.
"We are aware that the outward manifestation of our many employees are interested in, we put this policy in place for constructive dialogue is possible for everyone," Sebastian Foot, Human Resources, Executive Vice President of Volkswagen Chattanooga, said in a statement.
"Volkswagen has an active participation of our employees have a long tradition in plants around the world, and welcome to this in our company."
The reaction of workers
The Inter-American Commission staff, as opposed to the factory workers organized the UAW group, praised the new policy.
"Obviously, the purpose of this policy is a clear choice for current employees, as we have seen in recent weeks - hourly and salaried employees choose to ACE as" temporary Sean Sean Moss, ACE president, wrote in a letter sent to member.
"Volkswagen Chattanooga has officially recognized the need to make future demand and political forces outside the interests of local groups of their members. This policy ensures that there will be a UAW sound than other groups."
David Reid said in a statement identified as vice president of ACE, said: "The UAW employees continue to lie, they want us to believe that they have the support of the public, or that they are the only option is to require the company ACE to remove. confusion and ensure the full and fair process. "
Labour and Social Security
Earlier this week, the UAW supporters in Chattanooga, the new policy of the public are expected to allow union representatives at the factory.
UAW said its expectations are based on conversations with the company in Germany, and the establishment of intent was signed in September to the UAW and the two major German unions to organize workers in the joint letter factory.
Two German Metal Industry Group, on behalf of the union of the powerful German Volkswagen workers, as well as Volkswagen global engineering office, including laborers and white-collar members of the carmaker's plants worldwide.
Chattanooga factory is not representative of the general population only in the global engineering office large factories.
"We believe the company will soon revise the amount (Chattanooga branch UAW) Local 42 members and then began working with the UAW," Frank Pata, Volkswagen worldwide general secretary of the Work Committee, said in a separate statement .
"It was a good day, my colleagues and the union movement in America in Chattanooga," he said.
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