The American Council of Employees, a rival group to the United Auto Workers at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant, has failed to reach a membership level that permits it to meet regularly with management under a factory policy, according to the automaker.
UAW Local 42 membership, meanwhile, has met the highest level of support under the automaker’s plant policy, the company said today.
“Based on the results of the verification process, the current UAW Local 42 membership meets the support requirement for Level 3 under the Community Organization Engagement policy for the hourly employee group, excluding skilled maintenance. The current ACE membership does not meet the COE requirements at this time,” said plant spokesman Scott Wilson.
ACE President David Reed said in a statement that it’s shifting the way it will engage with management at the factory.
“In the coming weeks, ACE’s hourly and salaried employee groups will transition to a new model of engagement with management, instead of operating solely under the company’s Community Organization Engagement Policy,” Reed said in a statement. “We remain fully committed to the VW-Chattanooga employees and to the overall success of Volkswagen in our community.”