The union will be adding another organization tool for transplant automakers by asking the companies to agree to principles for free and fair elections at the factories, according to new UAW President Bob King who was a speaker at the Management Briefing Seminars.
King asserted that these principles would urge the companies to enter an agreement for equal access by the UAW to workers. This agreement would also prohibit the use of derogatory statements by either party during the campaigns as well as threats by management or the union. The UAW leadership will hold a board meeting this month to ask for trustees’ specific advice about the principles and the timing of recognizing companies that would receive the pledge sheet.
He also said that if companies allow elections under the principles, the union will respect the decision of the workers. However, those companies that refuse to sign will be facing some opposition. He didn’t identify the measures that the UAW will be taking.
After King’s speech, he told reporters that the union will be “very aggressive in exposing to the American public” those employers who are unable to follow the principles and those who threaten and harass workers. Later, King was asked about what’s expected to happen if a foreign-owned automaker signs the principles and complies but the workers at that factory would vote against unionization. He was asked further if the UAW will be satisfied. King said, “Yes.”
The UAW is already battling it out with Toyota Motor Corp. in the US. King also said that demonstrations were held by union members and retirees at 52 Toyota dealerships across California last weekend to campaign for the unionization of the company and to object to the shutting down of the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant in Fremont, Calif.
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