Volkswagen ‘the first domino to fall’ after union vote, says UAW president

Shawn Fain speaks at a UAW vote watch party in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Friday. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

After celebrating his union’s historic victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, told the Guardian that he was confident of more unionization wins at auto plants across the US, saying: “The workers at VW are the first domino to fall.

“They have shown it is possible,” Fain added in an interview on Sunday evening. “I expect more of the same to come. Workers are fed up.”