Volkswagen workers to vote on union representation next month in the 1st test of recruiting drive
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Volkswagen workers to vote on union representation next month in the 1st test of recruiting drive

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Workers at Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote next month on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. The UAW said a supermajority of the VW plant’s production workers had signed cards supporting union representation, but it would not provide a number. But Isaac Meadows, one of the VW workers who make Atlas SUVs and the ID.4 electric vehicle, said in a union statement that they want better lives for their families. In November, VW gave workers an 11% pay raise at the plant, but the union says VW’s pay still lags behind Detroit automakers.

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After historic union vote, Chattanooga VW workers rally for 'record contract'
3 months, 1 week ago

After historic union vote, Chattanooga VW workers rally for 'record contract'

Raw Story  

Following their historic vote to join the United Auto Workers in April, workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee held a rally on Sunday as they prepare to head into their first round of negotiations with the company next week. "That's billions of dollars that have been robbed from the workers who generated those profits," Fain said. "You're the …

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama
7 months, 1 week ago

UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

Hindustan Times  

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends Friday at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. UAW's push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama The voting at the two Mercedes …

United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina
7 months, 3 weeks ago

United Auto Workers reaches deal with Daimler Truck, averting potential strike in North Carolina

Associated Press  

The United Auto Workers union announced it reached a last-minute tentative agreement with truck and bus manufacturer Daimler Truck, averting a potential strike of more than 7,000 workers. It covers workers at various plants in North Carolina — where Daimler makes Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner and Western Star trucks — as well as distribution centers in Atlanta and Memphis, Tennessee. …

Column: The UAW sends a lightning bolt into anti-union states with a huge victory at a VW plant
8 months ago

Column: The UAW sends a lightning bolt into anti-union states with a huge victory at a VW plant

LA Times  

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, center, is the architect of a series of labor victories including an organizing vote at a VW plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Until Friday, the phrase “union victory at Chattanooga” could mean only one thing: the defeat of a Confederate army by forces under U.S. Grant at the Battle of Chattanooga in late November 1863. …

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union
8 months ago

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

Associated Press  

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — 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 nonunion factories. If there are none, the election will be certified and VW and the union must “begin bargaining in good faith.” President Joe Biden, who backed …

Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy
8 months, 1 week ago

Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy

Associated Press  

DETROIT — On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory, Gov. Bill Lee and five other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. The union election is the first test of the UAW’s efforts to organize nonunion auto factories nationwide following its success winning big raises last …

Mercedes workers at an Alabama plant call for union representation vote
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mercedes workers at an Alabama plant call for union representation vote

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A majority of workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are calling for a vote to join the United Auto Workers union, which is on a drive to sign up non-union plants across the country. Their call for a union election arrives just weeks after workers at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, set a date …

Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory ask for vote on representation by United Auto Workers union
9 months ago

Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory ask for vote on representation by United Auto Workers union

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers’ effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. Workers at the 3.8 million square foot factory on Monday filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board seeking an election on union representation, the UAW said. The UAW said a supermajority …

UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representation
1 year ago

UAW says over 1,000 workers at VW plant in Tennessee have signed cards seeking union representation

Associated Press  

DETROIT — More than 1,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote on representation by the United Auto Workers, the first plant in the nation to reach that milestone in the UAW’s quest to organize more than a dozen nonunion factories. In close votes in 2014 and 2019, workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant twice rejected a …

The UAW's decade-long fight to form a union at VW's Chattanooga plant : Planet Money
1 year, 2 months ago

The UAW's decade-long fight to form a union at VW's Chattanooga plant : Planet Money

NPR  

The UAW's decade-long fight to form a union at VW's Chattanooga plant Union membership in the U.S. has been declining for decades. So, the United Auto Workers, the union that traditionally represents auto workers, thought they would be able to successfully unionize this plant. In this episode, we tell the story of the UAW's 10-year fight to unionize the Chattanooga …

Auto workers vote overwhelmingly to let union leaders call strikes against Detroit companies
1 year, 3 months ago

Auto workers vote overwhelmingly to let union leaders call strikes against Detroit companies

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Auto workers have voted overwhelmingly to give union leaders the authority to call strikes against Detroit car companies if a contract agreement isn’t reached. The United Auto Workers union said Friday that 97% have voted in favor of authorizing one or more strikes against Stellantis, General Motors and Ford. “We want contracts by Sept. 14 with all …

Union jobs? Ford’s plan for new EV factories raises question
3 years, 2 months ago

Union jobs? Ford’s plan for new EV factories raises question

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ford’s blockbuster announcement this week that it would build four sprawling new factories in Kentucky and Tennessee by 2025 and hire nearly 11,000 workers raised a big unanswered question: Just how good will those jobs be? On Monday, when Ford’s plans were announced, CEO Jim Farley stopped short of publicly supporting the UAW, saying only that union …

Union jobs? Ford's plan for new EV factories raises question
3 years, 2 months ago

Union jobs? Ford's plan for new EV factories raises question

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Monday, when Ford's plans were …

Order: Union can’t limit vote to 87 Tennessee Nissan workers
3 years, 6 months ago

Order: Union can’t limit vote to 87 Tennessee Nissan workers

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal regulators have denied a union’s push to try to organize fewer than 100 employees at the Nissan assembly plant in Tennessee, ruling instead to set a union election of 4,300 plantwide production and maintenance workers that the union says it will not pursue. A National Labor Relations Board official ruled Friday that the 87 tool and …

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