Tennessee workers at VW plant vote to unionize with UAW


by The Tennessean

The Tennessean— Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers late Friday, giving the union a decisive foothold in...

CNBC—VW workers in Tennessee vote to join UAW in historic win for Detroit union. Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted in favor of the United Auto Workers — marking the union's first successful organizing drive of a foreign automaker.

ABC News—Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted to join UAW, union says. 4,326 workers at the Volkswagen facility were eligible to vote.

NBC News—Volkswagen workers in Tennessee vote to join UAW in historic win for union. The United Auto Workers said late Friday that Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have overwhelmingly voted to join the union — marking a major milestone for the labor organization and its first successful organizing drive of an automaker outside of Detroit’s Big Three. Union organizing passed with 73% of the vote, or 2,628 workers, in support for the UAW, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which oversaw the election. A total of roughly 3,620, or about 84%, of the 4,326...