Workers at Volkswagen's only US factory narrowly defeated an effort by the United Auto Workers union to organize the Chattanooga, Tennessee plant
The vote announced late Friday showed only 48% of the hourly workers voting in favor of union representation, a bit closer than a similar vote five years ago but not enough to win. More than 1,600 workers voted in the election, more than 90% of those who were eligible.The vote was a key battle in the effort of the UAW to reverse years of declining members and influence within the US auto industry. A win for the union would have been historic.
But union opponents at the plant and the the city campaigned hard against union representation, arguing union representation was bad for Volkswagen and the plant's workers.Five years ago, the company was relatively neutral during the vote, and the union went so far as to commend management for the way the vote was conducted. This time the union had no such praise for VW, saying the pressure put on workers by management demonstrated the need to change the nation's labor laws.
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