Staff at a Volkswagen (OTCPK:VWAGY) (OTCPK:VLKAF) manufacturing unit in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted to affix the United Auto Employees, marking the union’s first profitable group marketing campaign exterior Detroit’s huge three automakers.
73% of staff voted in favor of union illustration, whereas about 84% of the manufacturing unit’s 4,300 eligible staff participated within the election, in accordance with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board, which oversaw the voting.
UAW introduced the victory late Friday as votes continued to be tallied. “The result is evident: Volkswagen staff in Chattanooga are the primary Southern autoworkers exterior of the Large Three to win their union,” the union stated.
Since UAW’s founding within the Thirties, staff at Detroit’s Large Three, GM (GM), Ford (F), and Chrysler dad or mum Stellantis (STLA), have represented its core membership.
UAW famous that within the wake of main contract wins it negotiated with the trio of automakers final 12 months, over 10,000 autoworkers have obtained membership amid ongoing public campaigns at Mercedes (OTCPK:MBGYY) and Toyota (TM) (OTCPK:TOYOF) factories.
Subsequent month, 5,000 staff at a Mercedes-Benz (OTCPK:MBGAF) plant in Vance, Alabama, are additionally anticipated to vote on whether or not to affix the UAW.