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Volkswagen automobile plant employee Kiara Hughes celebrates after employees voted to join the UAW union Friday, April 19, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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UAW makes history by organizing a VW plant in the South, now what?

Russ McNamara April 23, 2024

Over the weekend, workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee announced the results of their vote to join the...

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FILE - United Auto Workers members walk in the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Sept. 2, 2019.
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Created Equal: Will the UAW break the southern anti-union stronghold?

Created Equal April 18, 2024

The United Auto Workers union is close to organizing workers in Volkswagen’s auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Voting began on Wednesday,...

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Photo of a Volkswagen emblem on the front grille of the car.
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Vote to organize Volkswagen plant in Tennessee begins; UAW seeks big win in the South

Russ McNamara April 17, 2024

Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. are deciding whether to join the United Auto Workers union. The start...

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A person holds up a sign that says "Detroit is a union town" on Sept. 15, 2023, in Wayne, Mich.
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Looking back at the automotive labor movement in 2023

Alex McLenon December 27, 2023

One of the major events of 2023 was the United Auto Workers' strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers — Ford,...

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