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A Volkswagen supervisory board member is endorsing the United Auto Workers’ efforts at the company’s Chattanooga plant, becoming at least the second person on the powerful panel to publicly support the unionizing attempt.
But anti-UAW factory workers continue to fight the union, passing out 400 fliers at the plant that offer 10 reasons not to sign a membership card, starting with the UAW “breaking its election agreement” with VW.
The moves are the latest in the battle for the hearts and minds of the plant’s work force. The UAW in February lost a unionizing election by a vote of 712 to 626, but the union took a new tack last month when it set up a non-dues-paying local near the factory.
The UAW has publicly released three letters of support from leaders of other unions, including IndustriAll, IG Metall, and the National Football League Players Association.