Volkswagen Workers Catch the Union Bug

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee just voted to join the UAW, the first American workers to unionize a non-union car company in decades. This is a big victory for the autoworkers union’s Southern organizing campaign, and the first for a foreign-owned US factory. The win came despite the usual anti-union efforts by management. A More Perfect Union video.

Fun fact: Volkswagen workers in VW’s hometown of Wolfsburg, Germany belong to IG Metall, Europe’s largest industrial union, are represented on the factory’s works council, and negotiate well-paid apprentiship positions at the plant.

More:

“UAW wins big in historic union vote at Volkswagen Tennessee factory,” Nora Eckert, Associated Press

“VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union, a Labor Milestone,” Neal E. Boudette, New York Times

“UAW presses deeper into the South with victory at Volkswagen,” Nathan Bomey, Axios

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