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The United Auto Workers (UAW) national announced Monday that workers astatine Volkswagen's assembly works successful Chattanooga, Tennessee, will clasp a unionization ballot aft nan UAW secured historical contracts for workers astatine Detroit's Big Three automakers past year.
The UAW said a supermajority of eligible Volkswagen workers signed national cards to telephone for nan predetermination astatine nan Chattanooga plant. The installation is Volkswagen's only assembly works successful nan U.S. and employs astir 4,100 workers who make nan Atlas and ID.4. The national added that it "is nan only Volkswagen works globally pinch nary shape of worker representation."
The pending unionization ballot comes aft UAW President Shawn Fain vowed that nan national would "pull retired each nan stops" to shape workers astatine non-union automakers for illustration Volkswagen, Tesla, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes and others successful nan aftermath of securing record-setting contracts for UAW workers astatine Ford, GM and Stellantis.
Buoyed by that success, Fain launched a first-of-its-kind run to shape nan full non-union car assembly assemblage successful nan U.S. astatine 13 automakers aft erstwhile efforts by nan UAW to shape non-union automakers successful caller years person failed, including astatine VW's Chattanooga plant.
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The UAW said car assembly workers astatine Volkswagen's Chattanooga works will clasp a ballot connected unionization. (Mark Elias/Bloomberg via / Getty Images)
In 2019, VW workers astatine nan works rejected national practice successful an 833-776 vote. Previous votes to shape Nissan auto plants successful Mississippi and Tennessee besides grounded by wide margins.
| VWAGY | VOLKSWAGEN AG | 14.885 | -0.04 | -0.23% |
Volkswagen told FOX Business successful a statement, "We respect our workers' correct to a antiauthoritarian process and to find who should correspond their interests. We will afloat support an NLRB ballot truthful each squad personnel has a chance to ballot successful privateness successful this important decision."
"The predetermination timeline will beryllium wished by nan NLRB. Volkswagen is proud of our moving situation successful Chattanooga that provides immoderate of nan champion paying jobs successful nan area," Volkswagen's connection continued.
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UAW President Shawn Fain launched a push to unionize each non-union car assembly workers successful nan U.S. aft securing a grounds statement for UAW members astatine nan Big Three. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
Volkswagen said successful November that it would raise nan salary of its factory workers successful Tennessee by 11%, joining respective different overseas automakers that announced important salary and compensation improvements pursuing nan UAW's statement pinch nan Big Three automakers.
| F | FORD MOTOR CO. | 12.65 | +0.34 | +2.76% |
| GM | GENERAL MOTORS CO. | 42.29 | +0.79 | +1.90% |
| STLA | STELLANTIS NV | 28.95 | +0.13 | +0.45% |
| TM | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. | 245.31 | +0.94 | +0.39% |
| TSLA | TESLA INC. | 173.25 | +1.93 | +1.13% |
It remains to beryllium seen whether those salary and use hikes will beryllium capable to fend disconnected nan UAW's unionization push astatine non-union automakers.
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Volkswagen said past twelvemonth it will springiness car workers astatine its Tennessee works a raise. (Friso Gentsch/picture confederation via / Getty Images)
The national said earlier this period that complete 30% of workers astatine a Toyota mill successful Missouri are seeking to subordinate nan national and past period indicated that a mostly of hourly workers astatine a Mercedes-Benz mill successful Alabama person signed national authorization cards.
Reuters contributed to this report.
