Union insiders and outside observers predict the United Auto Workers union will secure a historic victory Friday night at the sprawling Volkswagen plant here.
Share on linkedin The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee — seen here on Friday — employs about 5,500 people, including 4,300 eligible to vote to join the UAW. Photo: Nathan Bomey | AxiosVolkswagen Chattanooga workers are finishing three days of voting on whether to become the only non-Detroit Three automotive assembly plant in the U.S. to be unionized.
Columbia University public affairs professor Alexander Hertel-Fernandez agrees, saying the clearest difference is that the UAW is coming off a recent win.The UAW's campaign to organize the nation's 13 non-unionized automakers comes just months after having won record contracts from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis following an unprecedented strike.Of the 5,500 workers at the plant — which makes the ID.
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