If the union can win the right to represent workers across the broad swath of the nonunion auto plants, it could increase their leverage in future contract negotiations.
Most of the nonunion auto plants are spread across the south.
It is also seeking to represent workers at three American automakers making electric vehicles – Tesla, Rivian and Lucid.
Many of the nonunion automakers, including Volkswagen, gave their workers similar raises in the wake of the UAW contracts.
And the UAW has had little success winning the right to represent nonunion auto workers since then, until Friday’s vote.
Persons:
”, Kelcey Smith, Bill Lee
Organizations:
New, New York CNN, United Auto Workers, National Labor Relations Board, UAW, Volkswagen, – General Motors, Ford, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, Volvo, American, Mercedes, Tennessee Gov
Locations:
New York, Chattanooga , Tennessee, United States, Southern, Vance , Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Alabama, Georgia , Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, American, Pennsylvania