Factory workers stand near the assembly line in the assembly center at the Chattanooga Volkswagen Plant.A rival labor group to the United Auto Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant is complaining that the automaker is unfairly implementing its new labor policy to favor the union.
A lawyer for the group, the American Council of Employees, said it’s possible that VW’s Chattanooga operation has violated the National Labor Relations Act by showing preference for one labor organization over another.
However, the president of UAW Local 42 in Chattanooga, said both groups have gotten the same opportunity under VW’s policy.
“We learned the same requirements at same time,” said Mike Cantrell, the local’s president and a VW employee. “I had to find out what was required. We went by the guidelines. We submitted the information in the proper order it was to be submitted.”
The UAW has submitted a list of names for VW to check out and officials are hopeful the company will get back to it soon.