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Michael Sainato

‘We don’t have a say’: workers join push to unionize flagship Volkswagen plant

Signs for and against unionization in front of the Volkswagen plant
Signs for and against unionization in front of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 2019, when the UAW fell short just in winning union elections. Photograph: Erin O Smith/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP

Fresh off its victories over the US’s three biggest domestic automakers, the United Auto Workers (UAW) is going all out to unionize Volkswagen’s flagship plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The UAW led a successful strike for significant increases in pay and benefits for workers at Detroit’s “Big Three” auto manufacturers – Ford, General Motors and Stellantis – last year.

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