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DALLAS (AP) — The United Auto Workers' overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country.
The UAW won a stunning 73% of the vote at VW after losing elections in 2014 and 2019. It was the union's first win in a Southern assembly plant owned by a foreign automaker.
Union President Shawn Fain said the pundits all told him that the UAW couldn't win in the South.
“But you all said, ‘Watch this,’ ” he told a cheering group of VW organizers at a union hall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Friday night, when the UAW victory was clear. "You guys are leading the way. We’re going to carry this fight on to Mercedes and everywhere else.”
I wonder how the republicans in Tennessee are going to punish Volkwagen for their plant going union. I won't be surprised if they pass some legislation that harms the company.
Congratulations to the workers. They will now have a say in the company, a more safer workplace and much better pay and benefits.
Hopefully the union will have more success in the south.
The UAW won a stunning 73% of the vote at VW after losing elections in 2014 and 2019. It was the union's first win in a Southern assembly plant owned by a foreign automaker.
Union President Shawn Fain said the pundits all told him that the UAW couldn't win in the South.
“But you all said, ‘Watch this,’ ” he told a cheering group of VW organizers at a union hall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Friday night, when the UAW victory was clear. "You guys are leading the way. We’re going to carry this fight on to Mercedes and everywhere else.”
I wonder how the republicans in Tennessee are going to punish Volkwagen for their plant going union. I won't be surprised if they pass some legislation that harms the company.
Congratulations to the workers. They will now have a say in the company, a more safer workplace and much better pay and benefits.
Hopefully the union will have more success in the south.