The United Auto Workers (UAW) are making significant strides in the American South, a region traditionally resistant to labor unions. A pivotal, high-stakes contract dispute at Daimler Truck North America exemplifies this shift, where UAW, under the leadership of Shawn Fain, is challenging the company's practices, potentially setting a precedent for labor rights in heavy industries. Concurrently, UAW's efforts are gaining traction at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant, where a union election is scheduled next week. If successful, this would mark the first foreign commercial carmaker to unionize in the U.S. This movement is buoyed by recent successes, including a notable agreement with Ford to cover 100% of worker health care costs and record wins at the Big 3, which has garnered attention from non-union auto workers.
The @UAW got Ford to cover 100% of worker health care costs. Union members pay $0, even on family plans. Non-union auto workers are taking note of the benefits of unionization, and workers at VW are voting on joining the UAW this week. https://t.co/cPu7CW3fJv
“.. This week, a Volkswagen AG factory will vote on whether to become the only foreign commercial carmaker unionized in the US.” @business https://t.co/8UwrKx432W https://t.co/R2VTCRZpal
New: With record wins at the Big 3; less hostility this time around from management; & an organizing committee of hundreds of employees with relationships with over 90% of the plant, the @UAW is poised for a landmark win this week at VW Unpaywalled link: https://t.co/3PXR2mQHky
The UAW is on the cusp of winning over a Volkswagen plant, which would make it the only foreign commercial carmaker to be unionized in the US https://t.co/MJosuhwPF2
Solidarity with Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, TN who vote next week in their historic union election with @UAW ! ✊🪧⚙️ #OrganizeTheSouth #UnionYes! https://t.co/Mi9NmRrSb5
UAW president Shawn Fain’s bid to build worker power in the anti-union South could be a watershed moment for the growing labor movement. That’s why bosses have their eyes on the union’s high-stakes contract battle at Daimler Truck North America. https://t.co/w6PwRkWjFi
The UAW’s contract battle at Daimler Truck contract could set an inspiring example, showing that workers in heavy industry still have the power to force the hands of well-financed corporations — even in the anti-labor stronghold of the South. https://t.co/w6PwRkWjFi
Will unionization finally come to VW's auto plants in the USA? https://t.co/yXthvNoZS4 https://t.co/we8JtYzuon
The South has long been the Achilles heel of the American labor movement. The United Auto Workers are trying to make inroads — including with a heated contract fight between workers and bosses at the multinational corporation Daimler Truck North America. https://t.co/w6PwRkWjFi
Great to be here today with the @MachinistsUnion for their NE Regional Conference. These are the workers that keep our country and economy moving, and I’m proud to stand with them to fight for their rights, create more good-paying union jobs & bring back American manufacturing. https://t.co/2VtjYBaqgt