Tennessee Volkswagen employees vote to join United Auto Workers union
Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union.
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Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union.
DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers' drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South and elsewhere faced a key test Friday, when workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., were set to finish three days of voting on whether to join the union.
The United Auto Workers’ ambitious drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South and elsewhere faces a key test Friday night, when workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will finish voting on whether to join the union
Even though the deck is stacked against us, momentum is on our side, and we're winning," said one union leader.
“With UAW’s win at Volkswagen, another gateway to the South has been opened. No longer will the wage-and-benefit standards of the million-strong auto workforce in the U.S. be set by the non-union portion of the industry."