DALLAS (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is celebrating a huge win at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga where workers will now be represented by the union.
The UAW won a stunning 73% of the vote after losing two elections there in the past decade.
The win is giving the UAW hope of making broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country.
The union’s next target is two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where workers will vote next month on whether to join the union.
