VW is looking to the way it works with unions in Europe for a works council-type relationship. Such a move would differ dramatically from the way the UAW has interacted with other automakers in the U.S.
The human resources chief at VW’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant told Reuters that the works council is “a very sensitive subject and we hae only just started the dialog.”
VW hasn’t decided whether it will recognize the UAW based on signed cards it collected from workers or if it will wait to circulate a ballot among its employees. In addition, VW’s U.S.-market chief, Jonathan Browning, has indicated that VW could utilize “formal third-party representation” to work out a deal with the UAW. Regardless, VW doesn’t appear to be in a hurry.
VW’s management and its workers have proven more receptive to the UAW’s efforts to unionize than other foreign automakers that operate plants in the U.S. Among foreign brands, only Mitsubishi’s Normal, Illinois, assembly plant is unionized, although that’s a legacy from when the Japanese automaker operated the facility with Chrysler.
The fact that the UAW has managed to gain interest from the majority of the plant’s 2,500 workers is seen as a major win for the union, which has seen its numbers decline over the last few decades as Detroit automakers have closed assembly plants. <![CDATA[
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