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UAW, German Labor Groups Aim to Organize VW’s Chattanooga Plant
The United Auto Workers Union, Germany's IG Metall union and the Volkswagen global works council have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in a push to organize VW's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., Reuters reports.
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The United Auto Workers Union, Germany's IG Metall union and the Volkswagen global works council have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in a push to organize VW's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., Reuters reports.
The UAW was rebuffed in February in its attempt to be recognized by workers at the Tennessee factory, mainly through the efforts of the National Right to Work group.
That organization tells Reuters the union alliance is a "backroom deal" that subverts the earlier worker vote that rejected the UAW by a narrow margin. NRW accuses the labor groups of colluding to put the factory's workforce under union control without a secret ballot.
VW's labor council wants the Chattanooga plant to join its global works council, which represents other VW facilities around the world. But experts say such an affiliation isn't possible in the U.S. unless the Chattanooga workers are already represented by a local union.
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