Bottom line: a majority of the 1,550 hourly workers at VW Chattanooga just couldn't see paying dues to a union that tolerated two-tier wages and hadn't produced a wage increase for workers in a decade (2003). That's not performance ...
Another worker who voted against UAW representation Mike Jarvis was quoted as saying that he already earns more than two-tier workers at Detroit 3 auto plants ...
In short, the UAW has swung the pendulum too far toward "cooperative partnership" and away from hard-nosed negotiating on behalf of members. All the UAW had to sell at VW Chattanooga were soft concepts such as worker democracy and strong health and safety standards that workers there already enjoy.
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."