Larry Getts was a union shop steward at a past job, so he was inclined to support unionization when labor organizers showed up at his current job at a Fort Wayne, Indiana Dana Corp. plant that packs and ships auto parts. But this morning Getts testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce that he eventually soured on the union as its representatives launched a campaign to harass and misinform workers as part of its “card check” organizing drive.
While workers beat back the attempts by the United Auto Workers to unionize the plant, it was only because they had the time to uncover the fact that they were being lied to by the organizers. But if the National Labor Relations Board goes through with newly proposed rules to rapidly speed up elections, workers will no longer have that ability in the future.
