UAW Starts Recruitment of VW Workers Who Rejected Union
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The United Auto Workers has created a local branch in Tennessee in hopes it will evolve into a German-style worker council at the Volkswagen AG car factory where employees rejected an effort to form a union.
UAW officials said Local 42 at the Chattanooga assembly plant would give employees a voice in the workplace along the lines of the councils popular at companies in Germany, where the carmaker is based. While participation is voluntary, the intent is to convince the company to formally recognize the UAW as a bargaining unit, union leaders said in a statement today.