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Republican-Funded, Anti-Labor Campaign Succeeds in Tennessee As Volkswagen Workers Reject UAW Union

2,310 views · Published 18 February 2014 · 9:18 · Indexed 13 October 2026

Channel: Democracy Now! · 2014 · News & Politics

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http://www.democracynow.org - Employees at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have rejected membership in the United Auto Workers Union. In a blow to organized labor, Volkswagen workers voted against the measure by a vote of 712 to 626, derailing attempts to make it the first unionized foreign-owned car factory in the United States. But the union faced intense opposition from Republican lawmakers, including threats suggesting the plant might miss out on future subsidies or on a new SUV line if the union succeeded. Outside groups also played a role. To find out more about the implications of the vote, we speak to Steven Greenhouse, the labor and workplace reporter for the New York Times, who has been following the events leading up to the vote at the Volkswagen plant. His most recent article is "Labor Regroups in South After VW Vote." 

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