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UAW Hopes to Organize VW Plant Next Year
United Auto Workers union President Dennis Williams tells Reuters the UAW hopes to be recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for hourly workers at Volkswagen AG's factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., before the end of next year.
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United Auto Workers union President Dennis Williams tells Reuters the UAW hopes to be recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for hourly workers at Volkswagen AG's factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., before the end of next year.
The union narrowly lost a worker ballot there in February to gain that right. It set up a nearby non-bargaining local, Local 42, anyway and says it has since attracted a majority of the plant's current 1,500-member hourly workforce.
If it can prove the statistic to VW, the UAW believes it can win formal recognition as the bargaining agent for the factory's workers even without a new vote. Earlier this month Local 42 elected officers who plan to open talks with the company about formal representation.
The union launched a similar strategy in early October when it chartered non-bargaining Local 112 near Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The union's goal is to eventually establish European-style works councils at both facilities.
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