Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee voted solidly to unionize with the UAW, after twice in the past voting down the #union.
This time, they may have noticed that union workers won higher pay and better benefits from US automakers in their strike last year.
https://theconversation.com/uaw-wins-big-at-volkswagen-in-tennessee-becoming-the-first-foreign-owned-factory-in-the-american-south-to-unionize-228319
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UAW wins big at Volkswagen in Tennessee – becoming the first foreign-owned factory in the American South to unionize
Despite making similar efforts for decades, the UAW union had never before managed to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in a Southern state like Tennessee.The Conversation
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •Americans be like "booo socialism!!"
Europe be like "yeah but unions"
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Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote Union
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