Dave Jamieson has been HuffPost's labor reporter since 2011. Before joining the D.C. bureau, he was a staff writer at Washington City Paper and a freelancer contributing to Slate, the New Republic, the Washington Post and Outside magazine, among other outlets.
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have filed a petition seeking to hold a union election at their assembly plant, bringing the United Auto Workers to the cusp of a historic breakthrough in the U.S. South.
The Volkswagen workers are the first of those new UAW campaigns in the South to request an election. Although it did not specify a percentage, the UAW said it had rounded up a “supermajority” of support on the factory floor in just a little over three months. The labor board must confirm at least 30% of workers signed union authorization cards before scheduling an election, and the union must secure a majority of votes cast to win. However, unions typically don’t request an election until two-thirds or more of workers have come onboard, under the assumption support could fray due to pressure from the company.
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