Works council official supports UAW in VW Chattanooga vote
The general secretary of the Volkswagen Group's European and Global Works Council is supporting the United Auto Workers effort to unionize the Chattanooga factory.

The general secretary of the Volkswagen Group's European and Global Works Council is supporting the United Auto Workers effort to unionize the Chattanooga factory.

Two of Chattanooga's biggest proposed redevelopment projects, The Bend and the new Lookouts ballpark, crossed separate hurdles Monday to move toward construction.

Workers at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote next month on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union.

Work started Friday on a new memory care center in Ooltewah as a local company sees the facility as part of a more than $50 million campus aimed at seniors.

Former Hamilton County Executive Dalton Roberts, more than a generation ago, envisioned an Amnicola Highway farm as an industrial park filled with companies and jobs.

One of the biggest shareholders of Chattanooga-based tow-truck maker Miller Industries on Thursday called for the company's board to explore strategic alternatives, including a sale of the business.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Thursday he thinks it would be a "mistake" for workers at the Volkswagen assembly plant in Chattanooga to unionize.

The petition filed Monday by the United Auto Workers for a vote on union representation at Volkswagen Chattanooga calls for an election on April 17, 18 and 19 at the plant.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday weighed into the fray over the planned election at Volkswagen Chattanooga on union representation.

The United Auto Workers on Monday said a petition was filed for a vote by Volkswagen Chattanooga workers to align with the union, which would be the third such election since 2014.
