Volkswagen workers in Tennessee took a major step toward becoming the first big auto factory in the South to unionize, asking federal authorities to hold a factory-wide vote on joining the United Auto Workers.
Volkswagen workers in Tennessee took a major step toward becoming the first big auto factory in the South to unionize by asking federal authorities to hold a factory-wide vote on joining the United Auto Workers.Workers at the factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., filed a petition Monday with the National Labor Relations Board requesting an election to join the union, becoming the first of the UAW’s Southern targets to reach that milestone.
For decades the UAW’s main autoworker members have come from Detroit’s Big Three manufacturers — Ford, General Motors and Jeep-maker Stellantis. The union’s past efforts to push into factories in the South have failed.The ambitious effort comes after the UAW won record raises and other perks in new contracts with Ford, General Motors and Jeep-maker Stellantis last fall. The union is hoping those contracts will help broaden its appeal with autoworkers nationwide.
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