VW Chattanooga UAW Vote Set for April 17-19

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More than 4000 Volkswagen workers are now set to vote in their union election on April 17, 18 and 19. The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled the election and will oversee the secret-ballot vote at the VW plant in Chattanooga. (Read AutoInformed.com on Chattanooga VW Workers Want UAW Election; Donald Trump is a Scab – UAW Endorses President Biden;  Volkswagen Raises Pay of US Plant Workers to Resist UAW)

“We’re voting yes to win a better life for ourselves and our families,” said Isaac Meadows, an assembly worker at Volkswagen. “We need a say in our schedules, benefits, pay, and more. We’re proud to work at Volkswagen, but we also know the value of a voice at work.”

The VW workers filed for the election last week after a super-majority signed union cards. The VW workers reached a majority on cards in early February, just two months after launching their public campaign to join the UAW.

The April 17–19 election at Volkswagen marks the latest advance in a growing national movement of non-union autoworkers organizing to join the UAW. The movement is the next step after record contracts UAW members won during last year’s Stand Up Strike against the Big Three auto companies.

More than 10,000 non-union autoworkers have signed union cards in recent months, with public campaigns launched at VW, Mercedes in Vance, Ala., Hyundai in Montgomery, Ala., and Toyota in Troy, Mo. Workers at more than two dozen other facilities are also actively organizing, the UAW said today. The UAW has ~ 400,000 active members and more than 580,000 retired members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.