Volkswagen union vote revealed Friday night: How did we get here?
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WTVC— The United Auto Workers’ ambitious drive to expand its reach to nonunion factories across the South and elsewhere faces a key test Friday night, when workers at
Mother Jones—UAW triumphs in Tennessee Volkswagen union vote. For decades, unionizing in the American South was like cutting a five-acre field with nail clippers: time-consuming, grueling, and largely ineffective—though not technically impossible. But on Friday, hourly workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, defied the long-standing barriers by voting overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union (UAW). Late that night, the National […]
The Washington Post—Volkswagen workers in Tennessee pass historic vote to unionize. VW workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., became the first big auto plant in the South to join the United Auto Workers in a victory for organized labor.
Labor 411—Alabama Amazon Warehouse Workers Could Get Third Union Vote. The union organizing campaign at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, AL is still alive and could be headed to another election. NPR reports: “It could have been the first unionized Amazon warehouse in America. Now, three years later, workers are waiting to learn whether they’ll get a third shot at a union election. A sweeping, monthslong… Source