Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Vote to Join UAW in Major Win for Union

Published on April 20, 2024

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted overwhelmingly on Friday to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), becoming the first Southern autoworkers outside of the Big Three to win their union. According to the final vote tally released by the union, about 73 percent (2,628) of Volkswagen workers voted in favor of union representation, while 27 percent (985) voted against it. “This election is big,” Kelcey Smith, a worker in the paint department at Volkswagen, said in a UAW statement. “This is the time; this is the place. Southern workers are ready to stand up and win a better life.” Zachary Costello, a trainer in Volkswagen’s proficiency room, said that workers voted for the union because they desire “the pay, the benefits, the rights UAW members have on the job.”...

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