While Volkswagen works to find a way to establish a works council at their Chattanooga, Tenn. plant in the wake of the failed United Auto Workers election and subsequent appeal to the National Labor Relations Board, German union IG Metall is warning against the establishment of what it calls a "yellow" union at the plant, or one that has been established by Volkswagen.
Just-Auto reports IG Metall international department director Horst Mund, though disappointed with the outcome of the UAW election, believes the only way to a works council is through unionization, while also warning against any diluted form of representation at the plant:
From my talks and contacts with unions in the US, I can tell there is scepticism against house unions. We have seen attempts throughout the world [when] yellow unions are installed. I am not saying Volkswagen is anywhere near contemplating this – on the contrary they are definitely not.
Regarding the UAW appeal, Mund says the fight "was never fair," citing the outside interference alleged by the union in their appeal as the cause of their defeat, and supports the union's appeal. He also found the entire controversy around the election absurd, especially with its "life [and] death" tone:
This is not about life and death. It is about simple choice.
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