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Workers to Vote in Union Election Starting Today at VW Chattanooga Plant

June 12, 2019

CHATTANOOGA, TN—More than 1,700 workers at Volkswagen’s assembly plant here will go to the polls Wednesday through Friday as the United Auto Workers tries for a breakthrough in its drive to unionize a foreign automaker in the South.


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Major US Labor Strikes Second Lowest on Record in 2017

February 13, 2018
WASHINGTON—The number of major work stoppages involving 1,000 or more strikers dropped to seven last year from 15 in 2016—the second lowest number since 1947.
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Union Vote fails at Bismarck Bobcat Assembly Plant

February 2, 2018
BISMARCK, ND—A vote to unionize Bobcat’s assembly plant here failed late last week. A number of workers had formed a campaign to join the United Steelworkers Union, but the workers ultimately voted not to form a union at this time.
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A bad month for the UAW

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John Sprovieri
September 5, 2017

In August, workers at Nissan Motor Co.’s assembly plant in Canton, MS, voted nearly two to one against representation by the United Auto Workers (UAW).


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Mercedes’ Alabama Workers Have Right to Organize in Plant, Appeals Court Rules

October 7, 2016

TUSCALOOSA, AL—Mercedes-Benz US-International is in violation of federal labor law for prohibiting employees from organizing inside its assembly plant here when they are off the clock, an appeals court ruled on Monday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a 2014 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that Mercedes employees are free to solicit other employees to join the UAW Local 112 on the plant site.


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UAW Seeks to Unionize Tesla Assembly Plant

June 10, 2016

FREMONT, CA—The UAW wants to unionize the Tesla Motors assembly plant here. Tesla’s factory is the only U.S. assembly plant owned by an American car company that does not have union representation.


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VW to Seek Federal Court Appeal of UAW Election in Chattanooga

April 28, 2016

CHATTANOOGA, TN—VW will appeal to federal court a National Labor Relations Board decision upholding a vote in which a small group of skilled trades workers at the carmaker’s Tennessee assembly plant aligned with the UAW.


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Workers Try to Unionize at Magna Assembly Plant

April 21, 2016

MUNCIE, IN—Workers at Magna’s power train assembly plant here are organizing in an effort to join the UAW.


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DOL Issues Union 'Persuader Rule'

March 23, 2016

WASHINGTON—The Labor Department has finalized a rule that will force employers to disclose agreements they’ve made with outside consultants to help craft messages that persuade workers against forming a union.


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Unions Clash at VW Assembly Plant

February 10, 2016

CHATTANOOGA, TN—The American Council of Employees at Volkswagen’s assembly plant here is supporting the automaker’s federal appeal of last year’s election, in which a small group of employees agreed to align with the United Auto Workers.


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