Opinion: UAW rides the momentum. Will it be enough at Volkswagen plant?

March 19, 2024 at 6:01 p.m.

by LeBron Hill

Staff file photo by Olivia Ross / A group walks away from the Volkswagen plant with their signs. UAW President Shawn Fain visited the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant with Volkswagen workers, community and faith leaders, and CALEB (Chattanoogans in Action for Love, Equality, and Benevolence) on Monday, December 18, 2023. The group delivered a letter to Volkswagen management, “demanding the company end its union-busting and intimidation.”
Staff file photo by Olivia Ross / A group walks away from the Volkswagen plant with their signs. UAW President Shawn Fain visited the Chattanooga Volkswagen plant with Volkswagen workers, community and faith leaders, and CALEB (Chattanoogans in Action for Love, Equality, and Benevolence) on Monday, December 18, 2023. The group delivered a letter to Volkswagen management, “demanding the company end its union-busting and intimidation.”

After months of careful planning, organizing and campaigning, the UAW is approaching a critical moment in its efforts to unionize the Volkswagen assembly plant at Enterprise South, and an expected vote among employees there might just prove the expression "third time's a charm."

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