UAW clinches watershed union victory at Volkswagen Tennessee factory
)'s Tennessee plant have voted to join the United Auto Workers, the union said on Friday, calling victory after an unofficial tally showed a majority of eligible workers had cast ballots in favor of the union.
The union made the call after some 2,200 ballots were counted in favor of unionizing. The plant has about 4,300 eligible voters. VW took a neutral position on the vote at its only non-union factory globally. The UAW has previously represented VW workers at a Pennsylvania plant that built Rabbit cars before it closed in 1988.
The broader labor movement has since gone through somewhat of a renaissance, with a record number of workers across various industries going on strike last year.
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