Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted to join UAW, union says

ABC News— 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...

CNN—UAW says Volkswagen workers vote overwhelmingly to join union, giving it groundbreaking win. The United Auto Workers union claimed victory in a closely watched election to represent 4,300 hourly workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee late Friday night, a major breakthrough in its effort to organize workers at non-union auto plants nationwide. The counting of votes by the National Labor Relations Board continue as of 10:30 pm ET Friday, but the UAW said the 73% of the votes counted so far in favor of the union meant that it was assured of victory. “This election is big,”...

Kentucky Lantern—Volkswagen workers in Tennessee vote to join union • Kentucky Lantern. Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers union.