 "Workers win vote at Volkswagen plant")
The United Auto Workers union won its first organising vote on Friday at a foreign-owned auto assembly plant in the US South, in a groundbreaking victory after decades of failed attempts.
About 71 per cent of skilled trades workers who cast ballots at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to join the UAW, according to the company and the union. The skilled trades workers account for about 11 percent of the 1,450 hourly employees at the plant.
If the UAW victory, as expected, survives an appeal by Volkswagen to the National Labor Relations Board, the 164 skilled trades workers will be the first foreign-owned auto assembly plant workers to gain collective bargaining rights in the southern United States.
VW has said that the timing of the vote was bad, considering its ongoing scandal over diesel emissions.
About 71 per cent of skilled trades workers who cast ballots at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to join the UAW, according to the company and the union. The skilled trades workers account for about 11 percent of the 1,450 hourly employees at the plant.
If the UAW victory, as expected, survives an appeal by Volkswagen to the National Labor Relations Board, the 164 skilled trades workers will be the first foreign-owned auto assembly plant workers to gain collective bargaining rights in the southern United States.
VW has said that the timing of the vote was bad, considering its ongoing scandal over diesel emissions.