The United Auto Workers wants to delay hearings into whether Republican politicians swayed a union vote at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. New documents show the state had $300 million in government incentives riding on what happened there.
Anti-Union VW Workers Go To Court To Keep Company ‘Neutral’ Next Time
Three workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant have sued the automaker in federal court. They accuse the company of aiding the United Auto Workers in a failed unionization effort, and they hope to keep the company from doing it again.
Unions Rally At Tennessee Capitol, Say Living Wage Isn’t Lost Cause
Unions from around the state rallied at the Tennessee capitol Tuesday in support of raising the minimum wage, despite the defeat of a minimum wage proposal last month.
Why Did Anti-Tax Grover Norquist Take Such An Interest In VW’s Union Vote?
Tax cut crusader Grover Norquist views his opposition to union organizing in Tennessee as an extension of his core mission. He was at the state capitol Tuesday advocating for tax cuts. But he also talked about the United Auto Workers.
UAW Makes Corker Comments Center Of NLRB Challenge
The United Auto Workers will depend on statements by Tennessee Senator Bob Corker as evidence that the narrow Volkswagen union vote this month was unfair. The UAW filed a challenge with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday.
Volkswagen Workers Reject UAW
It was close, but employees at Volkswagen’s only U.S. plant voted against being represented by the United Auto Workers. The VW plant in Chattanooga was seen as the union’s best chance to organize at a foreign-owned plant in the south.
VW Union Vote Drama Plays Out Away From Tennessee Plant
The days leading up to a big union vote at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant are filling with name-calling and threats, and not inside the Chattanooga factory.
State GOP Lawmakers Call VW ‘Un-American’: If Union Voted In, No More Incentives
VW’s 1,550 workers in Chattanooga will vote through a secret ballot later this week.
To Unionize Or Not To Unionize: Vote Imminent For VW Chattanooga
A formal vote has now been scheduled, and workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant will decide through a secret ballot whether to be represented by the UAW. The union initially hoped the German automaker would accept signed union cards from a majority of employees.
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