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Labor Notes
08-27-2014, 04:07 PM
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They Don’t Need a Majority To Get Things Done (http://www.thebellforum.com/2014/08/they-dont-need-majority-get-things-done)


August 27, 2014 / Samantha Winslow (http://www.thebellforum.com/author/4059/content)


Workers at the North Carolina Cummins diesel engine plant won wage increases this summer—even without having a recognized union or majority union support inside their shop.





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blindpig
08-28-2014, 09:10 AM
Well and good, but sooner or later they are going to have to be formally organized and recognised. These concessions are all in 'good faith' and can be recinded in a heartbeat(or poor quarter). The workers benefitting by union action must be convinced to commit. It will probably take a 'take-back' to motivate them.