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Flex-N-Gate workers at Texas plant vote to join UAW
… Wednesday, May 8, to file objections to the vote. "This is a good day for the workers at this plant," UAW President Bob King said in a statement. "This strong vote clearly shows that workers at this facility believe joining the UAW is the right …
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Flex-N-Gate workers in Texas vote to join UAW
… good day for the workers at this plant," UAW President Bob King said in a statement today. "This strong vote clearly ..... day for the workers at this plant," said UAW President Bob King . "This strong vote clearly shows that workers at this …
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Opel rejects new vote for Bochum workers on plant's restructuring
… restructuring deal at the automaker's embattled plant in Bochum, Germany. The head of the United Auto Workers union, Bob King , had suggested in a Reuters interview on Tuesday that Bochum staff should vote again to accept the deal they previously …
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UAW's King prods Opel workers to revote, keep German plant open
… workers at a General Motors plant should accept a deal they previously rejected in order to keep their jobs. UAW President Bob King , who is a member of Opel's supervisory board, said on Tuesday that workers at GM's Opel plant in Bochum, Germany …
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U.S. union leader prods Opel workers to keep German plant open
… Workers at Opel's factory in Bochum, Germany, should accept a deal they previously rejected to keep their jobs, Bob King , the head of the U.S.-based United Auto Workers union, said. Hourly employees at the plant should ask to vote …
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Hot Hyundai-Kia hit icy patch in first quarter
… inventory, it was easier to sell a customer a competing Hyundai than it is now, said Rob King, a Hyundai dealer who owns Bob King Automotive Group in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. "We've been in a seller's position," King said. "Today the competition …
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Danny Glover's new role: Nissan's celebrity nemesis
… Detroit auto show. He says he was approached to help organize Nissan's Mississippi workers by UAW International President Bob King after the two of them participated in a civil rights memorial presentation together there last year. "I heard about …
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Danny Glover's new role: Nissan's celebrity nemesis
… Detroit auto show. He says he was approached to help organize Nissan's Mississippi workers by UAW International President Bob King after the two of them participated in a civil rights memorial presentation together there last year. "I heard about …
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UAW assets fell in U.S. last year amid growth push
… UAW's investment holdings fell 8.3 percent, or nearly $65 million, to about $718 million. Under its president Bob King , who was elected in 2010, the union is trying to build membership at auto plants in the southern United States and expand …
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UAW membership nudges upward for 3rd straight year
… steady path of recovery, even in the face of concerted attacks on workers and collective bargaining," UAW President Bob King said in a statement. Organizing woes The union's membership has dwindled and remained low in recent years as the auto …
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VW says U.S. workers to decide if they wish to unionize
… Expanding his union's membership by organizing an assembly plant of a foreign automaker has been a goal by UAW President Bob King since his tenure began in mid-2010. The UAW is hoping that the endorsement of the influential German union IG Metall …
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German union chief to VW Tennessee workers: Join UAW
… plant to the UAW. Along with Huber's letter, they indicate that support is building for the union. UAW President Bob King has said organizing U.S. plants run by foreign automakers is crucial to the union's survival. One person familiar …
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German union chief to VW Tennessee workers: Join UAW
… plant to the UAW. Along with Huber's letter, they indicate that support is building for the union. UAW President Bob King has said organizing U.S. plants run by foreign automakers is crucial to the union's survival. One person familiar …
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VW, UAW discuss setting up Chattanooga labor board
… S. labor laws if no union is formally involved, he said. As a result, the company has had talks with UAW President Bob King , who has tried unsuccessfully to organize workers at auto plants in the South. For the UAW, which has lost members …
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UAW's King juggles expansion, Southern strategy
DETROIT -- UAW President Bob King says he is slowing the labor union's decades-long membership decline, but his goal of organizing at least one foreign-owned …
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UAW's King juggles diversification, southern strategy
DETROIT (Reuters) -- UAW President Bob King says he has finally begun to stem the decades-long membership decline in one of America's most powerful labor unions, but …
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UAW meets with Nissan workers in Tenn. about organizing
… automaker with a plant, most of which are in Southern states. Doing so is key to the future of the union, UAW President Bob King has said. The meetings in Smyrna attracted several hundred workers of Nissan and of Yates Services, said the UAW's …
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UAW rallies for Flex-N-Gate employees
… owned by billionaire Shahid Khan and based in Urbana, Ill., has become a high-profile target of the UAW and President Bob King . The union held rallies at seven Flex-N-Gate plants in five states, it said, to secure a better contract for employees …
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UAW: Nissan using scare tactics
… They're threatening workers there that they're going to close the plant, and that's baloney," UAW President Bob King told Bloomberg. Nissan workers are "being lied to by the American management. The American management violates workers …
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Mazda6, CX-5 to boost Mazda sales, loyalty
… in a soft launch due to receive national marketing in earnest in May, said dealer council chairman Rob King, owner of Bob King Automotive Group (Hyundai-Kia-Mazda-Mitsubishi) in Winston-Salem, N.C. "This isn't going to be a launch …
