Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted over three days this week on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. The vote tally is expected to take several hours.
Volkswagens are seen in the employee parking lot at the Volkswagen automobile assembly plant on March 20, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Volkswagens are seen in the employee parking lot at the Volkswagen automobile assembly plant on March 20, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.At the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., three days of voting have wrapped up. Now, the counting of ballots begins.
"If I'm going to give a company years and years of my life to make a product for them, to generate money for them, then I want all that I can get so I can have something for mines," he says.in 2014 and 2019 ended in defeat. Similar efforts at several other auto manufacturing plants in the South have also failed over the years.
"I believe it would be a big mistake for those workers to risk their future by giving up the freedom to decide it themselves and hand that over to a negotiator on their behalf," said Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on a visit to Chattanooga earlier this month.
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