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The United Auto Workers said a “vast majority” of the 4,000 eligible employees at a Volkswagen plant had signed union membership cards.
By Neal E. Boudette
Volkswagen staff in Tennessee hoping to join the United Automobile Workers union on Monday called on a federal company to hold elections, a key step toward the union’s longstanding purpose of organizing non-union plants in the South.
The union said Volkswagen staff filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a unionization vote after a “vast majority” of the plant’s 4,000 eligible employees signed U. A. W. cards.
He did not specify how many staff members had signed his cards, but in the past he had pleaded with staff to hire more than 70% of staff on an hourly basis and identify a strong organizing committee before running for the position. An undeniable majority of votes is required to discharge representation.
“Today we are on the verge of turning a smart task at Volkswagen into a wonderful career,” Isaac Meadows, a meeting employee at the plant, said in a statement released by the union.
An election at the plant would be the first for UAW forces after the union staged a wave of action in the fall against Detroit’s three automakers — General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis — and won record wage increases, with support from the Biden administration. .
In a statement on Monday, Volkswagen said it would “fully support” an election that gives each and every worker a chance to vote on the union’s constitution. “We respect our workers’ right to a democratic process and to determine who deserves to represent their interests. “” said the corporation.
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