NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The United Auto Workers union is back with a more concentrated approach after suffering a bitter loss in its efforts to gain collective-bargaining rights for all blue-collar workers at Volkswagen's plant in Tennessee. The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday granted a petition by a small group of skilled-trades workers to hold a vote on being represented by the UAW for collective bargaining purposes, turning back a call by the German automaker to require a vote by all blue-collar workers on union issues. There are 162 occupied skilled-trades positions at the plant, about 12 percent of the roughly 1,400 hourly employees at the Chattanooga factory. Read more on...
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