Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant have overwhelmingly approved their first contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW), delivering a major organizing victory for the union in the U.S. South.
Volkswagen and the United Auto Workers (UAW) have reached a tentative agreement on their first labor contract at the automaker’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, marking a major milestone nearly two years after workers voted to unionize.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) said Wednesday it won a union vote at Ford’s Kentucky joint-venture battery plant, though 41 challenge ballots could still affect the outcome. The union reported 526 votes in favor and 515 against, calling the remaining ballots “illegitimate” and a tactic by the employer to undermine the vote.
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