The Historic Vote To Join The UAW At Chattanooga’s Volkswagen Plant

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga celebrate as results from this month's union election at the auto plant come in.(Stephan Bisaha / Gulf States Newsroom)By a nearly three-to-one margin, workers at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant have voted to join the United Auto Workers union.It’s a historic win for the UAW - and for unions - in the South after previous votes in 2019 and 2014.Stephan Bisaha is a reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom - a regional collaboration between NPR and member stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.He has covered the UAW’s push to unionize at auto plants across the South - and he came to Chattanooga to cover the vote by workers at VW.Stephan Bisaha(Gulf States Newsroom)