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Workers say this one could be next. If a vote to join the UAW succeeds, a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee would be the South’s first auto plant to unionize via election since the 1940s ...
The union vote at the Volkswagen plant will mean more than whether the 4,300 hourly workers in Chattanooga are members of the UAW or not. It could be the start of a revolution in the US auto ...
It's the deeper South.” United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks to Volkswagen auto workers Friday, April 19, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn., after workers at a VW factory voted to join the UAW.
For the first half of the year, Volkswagen reported operating profit of $11.27 billion or $10.1 billion euros, down 11% from 2023. Volkswagen expects its sales revenue will exceed 2023's by 5% in ...
Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize ...
I enjoy building stuff,” said Meadows, 40, who moved to Tennessee from Reno, Nevada, for a change of pace and found work at VW. “I don’t have any complaints about the actual job itself.” ...
Tennessee VW workers voting on unionization this week In this July 12, 2013, photo, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., work on the assembly of Passat sedans.
VW said its pay exceeds the median household income for the Chattanooga area, which was $54,480 last May, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
FILE - UAW President Shawn Fain speaks to the media after visiting the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee plant are scheduled to finish ...
More Media Cheerleading for Unions after VW Tennessee Vote President of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) Shawn Fain signs a placard at a watch party in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 2024.
Volkswagen employees in Tennessee will vote next month on whether to join the United Auto Workers, a crucial test for the recently reinvigorated labor group. The US National Labor Relations Board ...