-
Recent Posts
- BMW iX5 Hydrogen Fuel SUV Prototype Under Testing
- Porsche Sells Its Bets on Bugatti Rimac and Rimac Group
- Aston Martin and Brough Superior Debut AMB 002 Motorcycle
- Honda Racing – Kelvin Fu Replaces President David Salters
- Stellantis Opens All-Makes Bodyshop Repair Label
- IndyCar – McLaughlin Wins Laguna Seca. 2027 Preview?
- Chrysler Recalls 239,000 Ram Pickups for Camera Failures
- Ford Recalls 150,000 Mustangs for Sudden Drive Power Loss
- AAA – Labor Day Weekend Travelers Face Record Pump Prices
- Stellantis SUSTAINera Expands Remanufactured Parts Line
- Milestones – 2 million Visitors at the Mazda Museum
- First Look – Lexus NX Compact Crossover Hybrid SUV
- Annals of Marketing – Amazon Style Taking Over Car Buying?
- Honda and Alex Palou Win 2026 NTT IndyCar Series Titles
- Trump-Conomics = Everybody Loses a U.S.-Canada Trade War
Recent Comments
- AAA on AAA – August 20 Gasoline Prices Highest Ever!
- Nissan Motor on Nissan Posts ¥77.9B Profit in Q1 of Japanese Fiscal Year
- Jeff Badman on Ford Motor Recalls 850,000 Vehicles for Sudden Stalling
- Magna International on Magna International Posts Q1 2026 EPS Loss of $0.04
- Council on Foreign Relations on Iran and Strait of Hormuz on AAA – Pump Gasoline Prices Still Soaring
Archives
Meta
Tag Archives: crossblue
New VW SUV Goes to Chattanooga. UAW forms a Local. Further State Subsidies in Anti-Union South in Doubt?
In a compromise that involves the formation of a UAW local, Volkswagen Group has announced that its new midsize SUV will the built in Chattanooga starting at the end of 2016. The expansion was held up over the lack of a union and a works council structure that exists in every other VW plant in the world. State and local officials – including the Governor and Senior Senator – threatened to withhold subsidies if a union was formed for the expansion that doubles the workforce to 4,000. Continue reading
Posted in economy, labor issues, manufacturing, news analysis
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, crossblue, Ken Zino, uaw, vw chattanooga
Leave a comment
