The United Auto Workers is hoping that a third election will be the charm for convincing Volkswagen plant workers in Chattanooga that they should unionize. Unfortunately, if they succeed, these workers will pay a heavy price like other workers before them.
The National Labor Relations Board has set an election for Wednesday though Friday for the 1,790 maintenance and production workers at the Tennessee plant.
The first election occurred in February 2014. The workers won the election, rejecting the union by a 712-626 vote with help from the Center for Worker Freedom and Americans for Tax Reform.
The UAW then tried to unionize 165 maintenance workers in December 2015. They were unfortunately successful.
However, the UAW is not content with just 165 unionized workers. They want more power in a region that has usually rejected union representation and for very good reason.