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Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images (CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) — In a seismic union election Friday evening, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers Union. The workers voted 2,628 to 985 for union representation, according to a spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board. “There were seven challenged ballots that won’t be counted, because […]

The Washington Post via Getty Images (CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) — The United Auto Workers achieved a landmark victory last fall, when a strike against the Big 3 U.S. carmakers delivered substantial gains for nearly 150,000 employees. The UAW stands poised for its next major test this week: A union election at a foreign-owned car plant in […]