Over the next three days, Volkswagen workers in Tennessee could change the trajectory of unions in the South. On Wednesday morning, hourly employees at the company's Chattanooga plant started casting ballots over whether they want to join the United Auto Workers union.
The vote, which closes at 8 p.m. Friday, is one of the most closely watched labor events this year. That's because of the significance of the Chattanooga plant itself, which the UAW had tried and failed to unionize twice over the past decade — a stark reminder of the union's waning power.
