Rep. Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., speak out on the tainted vote at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Last week’s union election at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant – where workers fell 86 votes short of gaining union representation through the UAW – leaves a foul taste in my mouth. My reaction isn’t a matter of sour grapes, as I deeply respect the right of workers to decide if they want union representation.

The United Auto Workers is asking the National Labor Relations Board to set aside the results of the certification election at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn. assembly plant decided after a three-day vote Feb. 14. Workers at the plant voted 712-626 against joining the UAW after a high-profile campaign that saw Tennessee politicians and private interest groups

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NEW YORK, NY — In response to Friday’s vote at a Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant, Demos issued the following statement: “The intensity of political interference to influence the union representation vote was unprecedented,” said Heather McGhee, incoming Demos President. “All Americans should have an equal chance in our economy, and that requires employees having more

Tennessee Republicans Must Be Held Accountable For Atrocious Interference in VW Representation Election Washington, D.C. — VW employees in Chattanooga have every right to support or oppose their own collective bargaining rights.  The narrow loss in the National Labor Relations Board election Friday would have been just an issue of working Americans exercising their rights

We continue to stand with the proud men and women at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant who stood up to enormous odds to try to form their own union and to create an historic new model of workplace governance. Unconscionably, what should have been a local workplace decision by workers and management was turned into an experiment

“The hard work and courage of the Volkswagen workers to bring a union to their plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been an inspiration to us in Canada,” Unifor National President Jerry Dias said. “We watched as they built an organizing drive based on wanting a voice in their workplace and building a stable future for

Washington, DC – Republicans and special interest groups have hit a new low in infringing on workers’ basic legal right to organize says the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) in condemning their shameful interference with the Volkswagen workers’ National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election in Chattanooga. “We are outraged at the shameful tactics Sen. Corker, Governor