Poll: If non-union auto workers in the foreign plants in the south were to go on strike

[moondust]

demanding unionization, what would most likely happen?


Edited to add an obvious answer.

[Lars39]

1. They would be replaced in "Right to Work" states.

[moondust]

2. You think "scabs" could keep them in business?

I don't really know how technical those jobs have become but I think they are mostly newer plants that are heavily dependent on technology.

[Lars39]

4. Don't know.

But that's the stick being held over the workers.

[Edweird]

3. They would be fired. People need jobs and those openings would be filled quickly.

[JVS]

5. If they were united enough to pull that off, they would probably be able to get certified through...

normal means.

It's like asking if someone who could kick a field goal from the 50 could do so from the 40.

[Davis_X_Machina]

6. There's something like 30-40% more capacity...

...in auto assembly worldwide than sales can support. The US outposts of foreign firms will get closed first, scabs or no scabs. It's started with BMW in SC.

[Snotcicles]

7. They would triple their contributions to the stop Employee Free Choice Act campaigns.nt

[NNN0LHI]

8. Strike? They won't even organize unions down there

I think a strike is out of the question.

Don

[ThomWV]

9. The fucking Scabs would make the place look like a burn ward

[NOW tense]

10. The Senators of those states would quickly work to take away money from

the companies.

[Are_grits_groceries]

11. They would be fired so fast

their heads would swim. Too many people out of work who would take their place.