Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville on Monday, May 12, 2014.View our Volkswagen/UAW special page with timeline, slideshow, local and national coverage and opinions
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker said Monday that a decision on where Volkswagen will build a new sport utility vehicle is due “in the very near future.”
“I’m not going to put a time frame, but it’s moving in the right direction,” the Tennessee Republican said on VW’s pending decision on whether to add a second line of production at the auto manufacturer’s Chattanooga plant.
Tennessee had offered VW officials, who are also considering a SUV line in Mexico, a $300 million incentive package to put the vehicle in Chattanooga. But Gov. Bill Haslam withdrew the offer as workers prepared to vote in February on unionization at the plant.
Plant workers rejected unionization efforts, sparking an appeal by the United Auto Workers, who accused Haslam, Corker and fellow Republicans of poisoning the waters.