Volkswagen workers vote yes to unionizing, igniting UAW's push to organize the South
by NPR
NPR— Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the UAW, setting a new trajectory for labor unions in the American South.
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...
AL.com—Chattanooga Volkswagen workers overwhelming vote for union as Alabama UAW election nears. Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic...