Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., passed a historic vote to join the United Auto Workers on Friday, making the auto factory the first in the South to vote to unionize since the 1940s.

Volkswagen is proud of our working environment in Chattanooga that provides some of the best paying jobs in the area." UAW did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.

Where VW stands VW has remained officially neutral on the UAW union drive in Chattanooga. Half the board of VW, in line with German law, is comprised of representatives from labor organizations.

The South has few unionized auto plants. Workers say this one could be next. If a vote to join the UAW succeeds, a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee would be the South’s first auto plant to ...

This is also the only VW plant without union representation. The vote is the first of an effort by the UAW to organize workers at 13 nonunion automakers spread across the country, mostly in the South.

The victory follows the UAW’s most successful strike in a generation against Detroit’s Big Three automakers, through which it won higher pay and better benefits for its members in 2023 ...

Workers at the VW plant that makes the Volkswagen ID.4, Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport in early December were the first to launch a public campaign to join the UAW following the union's strikes last ...

While not exactly a surprise, the UAW’s recent win at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant still represents a watershed moment in the U.S. automotive industry. Why? It was not just the UAW’s first victory ...

Volkswagen employees make $23.40 an hour to start and, in four years, progress to $32.40. Last fall, the UAW negotiated for Detroit Three workers to get back cost-of-living adjustments.

The UAW is on the precipice of potentially making history this week as some 4,300 autoworkers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee vote on whether they want union representation. The polls opened at ...

UAW membership fell from 1.5 million in 1979 to 370,000 in 2023. Hence, the UAW needs new members to pay dues to fund union bosses’ salaries and pensions for retired union members in Detroit.