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NLRB Orders Volkswagen to Recognize Chattanooga Union; VW Files Appeal


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The National Labor Relations Board is ordering Volkswagen to recognize a labor union at its Chattanooga, Tennessee assembly plant. But Volkswagen opposes United Auto Workers Local 42 because the group is only a small part of the plant's overall workforce. Last year, about a hundred of the plant’s maintenance employees voted for Local 42. It was historic because it was the first time the UAW won a representation election at a foreign-owned auto plant in the South. But the plant’s production
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Around and About ChattanoogaBy Michael Edward Miller