United Auto Workers unionize on third attempt at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant

WTVC NewsChannel 9 ^ | Sat, April 20th 2024 at 8:28 PM | by Mary-Beth Mangrum

[RushingWater]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Workers in attendance for Friday's United Auto Workers (UAW) watch party feel they've made history.

And for those Volkswagen employees who wanted unionization, the third time was the charm.

In order to unionize, the UAW needed 50% plus one vote.

Both previous UAW elections fell short of this, with 2014's election showing 47%, and 2019's election showing 48%.

But Friday night, employees won by a landslide with the official National Labor Relations Board results reporting 2,628-985 votes for union representation.

Some who came to watch the vote were from other right-to-work states in the U.S., wanting to see similar changes back home.

"We get a win here in the south in Tennessee, that can mean big things for Texas. And that's why I'm here," said Tevita Uhatafe. Tennessee Representative Justin Jones also showed support for unionization.

"To the other elected officials who are afraid of unions, I just want to say, don't be afraid of people power. Don't be afraid of people coming together to say we should be treated as human beings, that is what a union ensures" Rep. Jones said. Late Friday evening, President Joe Biden released a statement congratulating workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant, saying in part:

"I am proud to stand with auto workers now as they successfully organize at Volkswagen." And Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp, who spoke out against UAW, also issued a statement via Facebook Saturday morning, saying in part:

"Now that the UAW won in Chattanooga, I hope they will at least learn from our success as they try to overcome their reputation for job corruption and job losses." Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly supported the workers' choice in a statement on Facebook Saturday, saying in part:

"I'm hopeful that this new era of leadership at the UAW works in good faith with Volkswagen leadership to build a better Volkswagen and a better Chattanooga, for the benefit of all of us." Employees will now begin the bargaining process with the union.

[chopperk]

If the Union is voted in, VW will have the same problems as Boeing.

[mewzilla]

Whether they wanted to or not.

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But Friday night, employees won by a landslide with the official National Labor Relations Board results reporting 2,628-985 votes for union representation.

Did the NLRB lie...?

[mewzilla]

Sales figures may suck, but did the margins?

That plant, if it’s the one I’m thinking of, has received at least $800 mill in subsidies.

That might take a lot of the sting out of the unionization, eh?

[mewzilla]

And, since money is fungible, it doesn’t really need to be the same plant now that I think about it...

[traditional2]

I hope VW shuts it down, and moves to Texas or S. Carolina. The money-laundering/forced support for the Deep State has driven manufacturing out of the former USA, AND, is the reason for the Cheap Labor Express.

Just like the Global Warming Scam, the One World Government owners FORCE the Agenda, to extract money from productive people (via Taxes and price-setting), to sell their wares and eliminate competition (through Regulations).

[bert]

However, VW is a failed corporation that is teetering on the edge of being.

This action might just end the teetering.

WV is an amalgamation of world auto company losers

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The unions used to be a bulwark against communism. Especially the Teamsters who were infiltrated by the Mob who hated commies even more.

[Desparado]

There’s East Tennessee, there’s Middle Tennessee, and there’s West Tennessee. The majority of true conservative Patriots live in the mountainous East Tennessee; and “Never the Twain Shall Meet!”