Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga on Monday filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a vote to join the UAW, after a supermajority of Volkswagen workers have signed union cards in 100 days.
It failed to pass in two prior elections.
The union said, "This marks the first non-union auto plant to file for a union election among the dozens of auto plants where workers have been organizing in recent months. The grassroots effort sprang up in the wake of the victories for Big Three autoworkers in the UAW’s Stand Up Strike win."
If the parties do not stipulate to the details of an election (who is in the bargaining unit, the format of the election, etc.) the Region will hold a pre-election hearing on March 26 in Atlanta.
The Chattanooga plant is Volkswagen’s only U.S. assembly plant, and employs over 4,000 autoworkers.