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NLRB Upholds Skilled Trades Union at VW’s Chattanooga Plant
The National Labor Relations Board has upheld a vote last December by skilled trades workers to unionize at Volkswagen AG’s assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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The National Labor Relations Board has upheld a vote last December by skilled trades workers to unionize at Volkswagen AG’s assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.
About 160 of the facility’s 14,000 workers voted to join the United Auto Workers union. VW has argued that bargaining with a tiny union group would be disruptive and counter to the company’s “one team” approach to its hourly workforces. VW suggested the UAW should again conduct an all-worker vote to unionize the entire plant.
The UAW lost a hotly contested vote at the factory two years ago to do just that, when workers decided 712 to 626 against unionizing. The UAW complained the vote was unfairly swayed by strong anti-union pressure from state Governor Bill Haslam and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker.
The UAW subsequently formed a local near the plant and says it has since attracted more than half of VW’s hourly workers there. VW also has allowed the union to hold informational meetings in the plant and confer with plant management.
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