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A "We stand with the UAW" sign is placed outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers’ effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. The union said workers at the factory filed paperwork Monday, March 18, 2024 with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union representation election. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, file)

Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory ask for vote on representation by United Auto Workers union

Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers’ effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation

By TOM KRISHER
Published - Mar 18, 2024, 10:03 AM ET
Last Updated - Mar 18, 2024, 10:03 AM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers' effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation.

Workers at the 3.8 million square foot (353,353 square meter) factory on Monday filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board seeking an election on union representation, the UAW said.

They are the first to ask for a vote in the union's campaign, which was announced last fall after the UAW won strong contracts with Detroit automakers. The UAW said it would simultaneously target more than a dozen nonunion auto plants including those run by Tesla, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Honda, and others.

The drive covers nearly 150,000 workers at factories largely in the South, where the union thus far has had little success in recruiting new members.

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