Labor / Employment Policy

What went right for the union at VW in Chattanooga, and what’s happening now at Mercedes in Alabama.

After the Mercedes vote, Fain and the UAW will have to decide which of two distinct, but intertwined, “games” to prioritize.

On the heels of the union’s lucrative contracts with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, VW workers approve joining the UAW by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

The UAW has never before had the supermajority needed to file at the plant.