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Whats wrong with VW just having a work-council that's made up of workers from within the factory, without UAW?
by vishaldpatel 13y ago
Whats wrong with VW just having a work-council that's made up of workers from within the factory, without UAW?
- jussij 13y agoWhat they said on the PBS News Hour is that would be against the law. Basically the law states that company unions are illegal and the work-council without an external affiliated union would be a company union.
- vishaldpatel 13y agoAh, yes. The law attempts to prevent corruption.
- rtpg 13y agoThis bothered me to, so I tried looking up why this would be true: From wikipedia: >Section 8(a)(2) of the NLRA makes it illegal for an employer "to dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization or contribute financial or other support to it." I guess the objective is to avoid "puppet" unions, though if the "formation" part was stricken from this, I feel like the problem would be solved (VW could form the union but have it be independent).