The United Auto Workers said Monday that workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant are seeking an election to unionize, setting up a...
UAW says workers at VW Tennessee plant file for union electionWASHINGTON - The United Auto Workers said Monday that workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant are seeking an election to unionize, setting up a critical test for UAW President Shawn Fain's unprecedented campaign to expand the union's reach to foreign-owned automakers in the southern United States.
After winning record new contracts with the Detroit Three automakers last fall, Fain launched a first-of-its-kind campaign to organize the entire nonunion auto assembly sector in the U.S., initiating simultaneous organizing efforts at non-union operations owned by Toyota, Mercedes, Hyundai and other automakers.
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