The UAW Is Gearing Up for Two Union Elections in the South
At a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and a Mercedes factory in Vance, Alabama, the United Auto Workers have filed for union elections. If the UAW wins, it would be a major victory against anti-union bulwarks.
An employee does final inspections on a Mercedes-Benz C-Class at the Mercedes-Benz US International factory in Vance, Alabama. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Autoworkers are gearing up to smash through anti-union bulwarks in Alabama and Tennessee.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the only Volkswagen (VW) factory in the world without a union, votes will be counted April 19 as 4,300 workers who make the Atlas SUV and the ID.4 electric vehicle decide whether to join the United Auto Workers (UAW).
“We didn’t think things would happen so fast,” said VW worker Victor Vaughn.
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