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Labor board eyes possible dates for new Volkswagen Chattanooga union election

A Volkswagen employee works beneath the body of a vehicle as it moves down the assembly line at the Volkswagen Plant Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
A Volkswagen employee works beneath the body of a vehicle as it moves down the assembly line at the Volkswagen Plant Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tenn. A Volkswagen employee works beneath the body of a vehicle as it moves down the assembly line at the Volkswagen Plant Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

By Mike Pare 3 min read

Volkswagen and the United Auto Workers will have to wait a little longer to see if and when a new union election might take place at the automaker’s Chattanooga plant.

A National Labor Relations Board administrative hearing officer said that the two sides will have a week to submit more information after a two-hour hearing in Chattanooga on Wednesday.

WHAT’S NEXT

Volkswagen and UAW lawyers have until April 24 to submit legal briefs to the National Labor Relations Board’s Atlanta office.

But the hearing officer did entertain several possible dates in May on which a new union election could take place if the NLRB rules in the UAW’s favor.

Steve Cochran, president of UAW Local 42 in Chattanooga, said the hourly workers “just want a vote.” He termed VW’s actions “a stall tactic.”