Employees at Volkswagen’s SUV assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted to join the United Auto Workers in a historic labor victory, the union and Volkswagen announced late Friday.
A preliminary tally released by the company showed workers favored union representation by a count of 2,628 to 985, a nearly 3-1 margin. The landslide win gives the union a crucial toehold in the anti-union South.
The UAW called it a “historic breakthrough” in a statement.
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The Mercedes/Alabama vote? 5,000 Mercedes workers will have an opportunity to vote to form their union in less than a month. The election will be held in-person at the Mercedes plant May 13 – 17 in Vance, Alabama.
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