Wednesday, March 25, 2009

How Card Check Might Work

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"Union organizers came to the plant two years ago to ask employees to join the United Auto Workers and sign a card -- an effort that was permitted because the company signed a neutrality agreement with the union.

But accusations about the UAW's aggressive campaign to get signatures has ignited fury among plant workers, some of whom claim they were hassled, intimidated and harassed by union organizers until they signed the card.

Some workers allege union organizers followed them to their cars -- and even showed up at their homes demanding a signature.

"We're here in a little town and we're a plant of 50 some people -- you know the last thing you need is to have the union coming to your door saying I want your name," Dana employee Jamie Oliver told FOX News.

Some plant employees claimed the card check process created divisiveness at work, causing some employees to be threatened by coworkers who had wanted the union."

The Union was later decertified in a private vote.

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