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UAW says majority of VW Chattanooga employees have signed union cards

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / A group gathers outside of Volkswagen Chattanooga with United Auto Workers signs last December.
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / A group gathers outside of Volkswagen Chattanooga with United Auto Workers signs last December. Staff photo by Olivia Ross / A group gathers outside of Volkswagen Chattanooga with United Auto Workers signs last December.

By Mike Pare 3 min read

More than 50% of Volkswagen Chattanooga employees have signed union authorization cards, the United Auto Workers said Tuesday.

The union said in a statement the milestone marks the first non-union auto plant to publicly announce majority support among the dozens of auto facilities where workers have begun organizing in recent months.

In mid-January, the union said it had increased to more than 2,000 the number of union cards signed by VW workers in Chattanooga.

(READ MORE: UAW says over 2,000 at VW Chattanooga sign cards)

The plant employs about 5,500 people, with about 4,100 reportedly eligible for the union, according to Volkswagen.