President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday voiced their support for workers at Volkswagen‘s (OTC:VWAGY) Chattanooga assembly plant who earlier in the day sought an election to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
What Happened: “As one of the world's largest automakers, many Volkswagen plants internationally are unionized. As the most pro-union president in American history, I believe American workers, too, should have a voice at work,” Biden said in a statement.
The Chattanooga plant is Volkswagen's only U.S. assembly plant and it employs over 4,000 autoworkers. It is the only Volkswagen plant globally that has no form of employee representation, as per the UAW. The union has sought to represent auto workers at the plant twice before in the ...