"UAW Secures Majority of Volkswagen and Hyundai Workers in Tennessee and Alabama"

The United Auto Workers (UAW) has successfully signed up a majority of workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee plant, marking the first time the UAW has announced majority support at a non-union auto plant. With about 4,100 hourly employees at the plant signing cards to join the UAW, the union is approaching the threshold to demand recognition from the company or request a National Labor Relations Board election. This development comes after previous unsuccessful attempts to unionize the plant in 2014 and 2019, and follows the UAW's campaign to organize non-union automakers after negotiating record contracts with Detroit Three automakers last year.