And they’ll decide when a human right is violated, thank you very much. Adam Bitely:
Speaking on Wednesday, Bob King the President of the UAW, announced that it would be aggressively moving forward on organizing workers at Honda, BMW, Toyota, and Hyundai, among others. Seeking to come off as a benevolent representative of the typical “disenfranchised employee”, he informed the automakers that he seeks to be a friend and not a foe.
But all hope of King and the UAW being a friend to the auto companies was lost when he described at the Automotive News World Congress what he would do to those that did not allow the UAW to hold a secret ballot election at their factories.
Threatening the auto manufacturers, King said that companies that don’t sign on in support of the UAW’s preferences for holding elections in regards to whether or not employees should be represented by the UAW, he announced that the UAW would brand those companies as human rights violators. And that’s the least of what he will do.
According to the Labor Union Report, King vowed to commit the entire array of resources at the UAW’s command in order to sniff out these “human rights violators.” The amount of those resources? Possibly $800 million or more.
On top of being branded a violator of human rights, the UAW will hold protests and demonstrations while informing the local community of all the evils that purportedly go on at the companies. All the while, the UAW suggests to the companies that they should do nothing to interfere in the mischaracterization and falsehoods they will undoubtedly spread.
When an AP reporter asked the executive vice president of sales for American Honda why the employees of Honda were not actively seeking the UAW to represent them, he replied that “[t]hey’ve never seen the need, so far, to have anybody intervene on their behalf, work in partner with them, and I think that continues to be their decision, not ours.”
More intriguing on this matter is the fact that the employees in the non-union companies are making the same amount of money as those that work at companies with the UAW’s presence. The UAW argues that the companies that currently have no union representation are exploiting their workers, but how? The UAW isn’t really sure yet, but their confident that there must be something wrong.
Well now. That’s hardly civil.
But then, civility is really only demanded of erstwhile haters. Human rights champions are by their very nature incapable of hatred — and so incapable of incivility.
So. My bad.
Well, it is actually civilian, as in, Civilian National Security Force.
You’re soaking in it!
Bounty Hunters! Mark Levin is promoting human rights too. By posting bounties.
What? No takers?
Outlaws.
What are the chances Bob King is brought up on racketeering charges? Damn slim I bet.
first president bumblefuck and his dirty socialists destroy as many used cars as possible… then they steal billions and give it to their illiterate dirty fat-ass alcoholic UAW crack whore union … now they’re coming for you
and check how the failshit socialist U.S. government pisses away money
It’s no mistake that most of the plants they will need to target are in the South. This could be fun to watch, because the UAW will NOT be welcome in South Georgia, or Greenville, SC, or Tuscaloosa, AL.
You might think so, nawoods, but I see a lot of northern autoworkers heading south to where the jobs are, and it’s not much of a stretch to imagine a lot them think being in the union again would be just peachy. I mean, look at what the Californians are doing to the states they’ve invaded.
We all know that what the UAW sees is a vast source of revenue that they need to tap. They have politicians to bribe, after all.
it’s gotten where buying a piece of shit unionmobile is one of the most unamerican things you can do anymore
this is probably why the chinese still buy them
If I were Honda, BMW, Toyota, or Hyundai, I’d thank Bob King for telegraphing his intent, and start making plans to take advantage of the free publicity. I can see it now:
“Hi there! My name is Curt Jackson, and I build Toyota truck engines here in Alabama. It’s hard work, but it’s good work, and I do it well. Now, Bob King would like to set it up so that I have to send him and his union buddies a thousand bucks a year, so they can buy nice houses in the tropics, and buy fancy suits for their television appearances, and buy billion-dollar bailouts in Washington. Well, I hope Mr. King will remember, a southern man don’t need him ’round, anyhow.
Now, let’s all get back to the ball game. Buy Toyota!”
I like Squid’s advertising idea. Good show, sir!
LBascom, spot on – yes it it Extortion, plain and simple – in one word.
When will the people figure the Union farce out. A protected class of workers given super wages, rights and privileges at the expense of all of the others.
So what’s the difference between the UAW and the mafia.
The mafia is reasonable.
When I worked in the Italian Market in Philly, we joked that the difference between organized crime and organized labor was that the mob at least kept the peace and picked up the trash.
Those were the Goode days, which were not such good days.
A human rights violation…Sure…
And they have an 800 million war chest (*gasp* WAR!?!?!? FOMENTING H8!11!1!eleventy) to mau-mau the flak catchers with…
Did you get your thank you note? Anyone? Because the only reason that slush fund is available is because it’s probably part of the 9 billion they recently recieved from their share of the GM IPO. I mean, why should they actually put in the pension trust funds that Obama’s gimme to them was intended to be used for? Hey, they have been misappropriating those funds for years in order to benefit Democrat politicians. If they can intimidate the factories into unionizing, well, then in a way they’ll have increased the taxpayers return on their “investments”…
So no need for the UAW to thank the taxpayers for the multi-billion dollar gift; indeed it’s the UAW that’s telling us, “you’re welcome!”, for handling our “investment” so responsibly…
I think I’m going to be sick.