UAW Local 42 President Mike Cantrell, left, speaks to fellow Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga in this file photo.The head of the United Auto Workers local in Chattanooga on Friday asked a rival labor group at the Volkswagen assembly plant to disclose its funding.
The president of the American Council of Employees declined to reveal the group’s funding sources, but he said ACE members are just trying to compete with the Detroit-based UAW.
UAW Local 42 President Mike Cantrell, in a letter to the head of ACE, said the group should tell where it is getting its financial and organizational support.
“Given the many competing political interests that have been at play here in Chattanooga, our fellow employees remain understandably suspicious about a group that does not provide full disclosure,” Cantrell said.
ACE President David Reed said funding for ACE is coming from people “who want to put us on a level playing field” with the UAW.