Workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant are taking significant steps towards unionization by seeking an election to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). This move, led by UAW President Shawn Fain, marks a pivotal moment in the union's efforts to extend its influence to foreign-owned automakers in the southern United States. The petition for a unionization vote, filed with federal authorities after a supermajority of workers, with 70% signing union cards, expressed their willingness to unionize, could make this Volkswagen plant the first major auto factory in the South to unionize. This effort follows the UAW's historic 2023 contract win, which ignited a wave of organizing across the sector and is the first attempt to unionize a new automaker since Ford in 1941. Volkswagen has stated it will fully support the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election process, ensuring every team member can vote privately in this crucial decision. The upcoming election represents the UAW's ambitious drive to unionize non-union automakers in the U.S., targeting 4,100 workers at the Chattanooga plant, Volkswagen's only factory without a union in the country.
Workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a vote to join the UAW union. This marks the third time in ten years that the union has sought to represent VW workers https://t.co/UMniOmZ3zW https://t.co/TcjTIMZcXy
The National Labor Relations Board plans to hold a hearing next Tuesday on UAW’s petition for a Volkswagen unionization election, if the parties haven’t already reached an agreement on things like which workers are eligible to vote https://t.co/Fj25KArtCB https://t.co/ieF9UQzQcy
This morning, thousands of Volkswagen workers in Tennessee exercised their constitutional right to a union election. Volkswagen must stop intimidating American workers from forming a union & treat its pro-union workers with respect just like it does in Germany & other countries. https://t.co/TkILggl9Wn
Workers at a Volkswagen manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, the UAW announced. https://t.co/kCq98H2qRg https://t.co/lxnut8wbjh
Volkswagen employees in Tennessee hoping to join the United Automobile Workers asked a federal agency on Monday to hold an election, a key step toward the union’s longtime goal of organizing factories across the South. https://t.co/2yzLaaf8zs
The men and women of the @UAW are standing up for working people across our country — and I stand with them. That's why I wrote to the CEOs of the non-union automakers so they know we won’t let them interfere in organizing efforts. Everyone should be able to join a union. https://t.co/WuYQOqpj5n
Volkswagen Tennessee Workers File For Union Election—As UAW Tries To Unionize First Foreign Automaker Plant https://t.co/lAeQ3qacRY https://t.co/rOu60ON3tf
Latest: Volkswagen says it "will fully support" having an NLRB election at its Tennessee plant "so every team member has a chance to vote in privacy in this important decision" https://t.co/YVnmz5cug1 @UAW https://t.co/ieF9UQzin0
.@UAW filed for a union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga w/ 70% signing union cards. I covered the last two NARROW defeats there in 2014 & 2019. My look at why this union election is very DIFFERENT following the "Stand Up Strike" https://t.co/aKY6pc7jbQ https://t.co/12e4k4Bjgw
The United Auto Workers is petitioning for a unionization vote at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant, teeing up a crucial test of the recently reinvigorated labor group’s clout. https://t.co/H3bTMzX1Zg
On the heels of its victory against the Big 3 automakers last year, the UAW is filing an election at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee — the company’s only factory without a union. https://t.co/ZB0ds8XT0p
Volkswagen Workers Petition to Join UAW. 2 Unexpected Winners. https://t.co/3LIgiNmmOy
UAW says workers at VW Tennessee plant file for union election https://t.co/e33e5R8Qe1 https://t.co/qg9Rf8xfMQ
After the UAW’s stand-up strike against the Big 3, the union pledged to embark on an aggressive campaign to organize nonunion automakers. Today, the UAW announced it is filing an election at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volkswagen plant. https://t.co/ZB0ds8XT0p
Volkswagen Workers Look To Make Union History In The South https://t.co/dMAdXmtXfn
UAW says VW workers at Tennessee plant file for union election https://t.co/WK1Y9qX9Lm
“VW has partnered with unionized workforces around the world to make their plants safe and successful… That’s why we’re voting for a voice at Volkswagen here in Chattanooga.” https://t.co/587nrBpqTK https://t.co/ieF9UQzQcy
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. https://t.co/Uq8vZ1H8LA
Scoop: UAW petitioned today for a unionization vote at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant, saying it's signed up a "supermajority" of workers there https://t.co/587nrBoT4c Tees up a crucial test of the union's ability to translate its Detroit contract wins into new organizing victory
NEW: The UAW says it filed a petition with federal authorities to hold a unionization vote at the VW plant in Chattanooga after a "supermajority" of workers signed cards signaling their willingness to join. https://t.co/X2RjhBtYy3
The UAW said that workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant are seeking an election to unionize, setting up a critical test for UAW President Shawn Fain's campaign to expand the union's reach to foreign-owned automakers in the southern US https://t.co/UMniOmZ3zW https://t.co/fp9dK5oiT3
BREAKING: Workers at Volkswagen's plant in Tennessee are filing to unionize with @UAW. They’re the first autoworkers to seek an NLRB election since the UAW’s historic 2023 contract win set off a wave of organizing. UAW has not unionized a new automaker since Ford in 1941.
UAW is announcing today that they will call for a union election at the VW plant in Chattanooga, TN. Earlier they said they would only call for an election if they reached 70% of plant employees signing union cards and the company refused to voluntarily recognize the union.
BREAKING: The UAW announces that workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee will be filing a petition for a union election for 4,100 workers there It will be the first election in the UAW's historic, ambitious drive to unionize 13 non-union automakers in the U.S.
We are VW. We are UAW. And we are voting YES for our union! #StandUpVW https://t.co/CYIRKU8pfy