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    7 months ago

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    Addressing the watch party crowd after the tally was complete, Fain welcomed the Volkswagen workers into the UAW and thanked them for their perseverance.

    Noting voter turnout of 83.5%, the German automaker issued a short statement saying: “Volkswagen thanks its Chattanooga workers for voting in this election.”

    “I believe it would be a big mistake for those workers to risk their future by giving up the freedom to decide it themselves and hand that over to a negotiator on their behalf,” said Tennessee Gov.

    On Tuesday, Lee joined governors from Texas, South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama in a joint statement speaking out against the union drive.

    “Let me be clear to the Republican governors that tried to undermine this vote: there is nothing to fear from American workers using their voice and their legal right to form a union if they so choose,” he wrote.

    In a Q&A on its website, Volkswagen wrote: “We respect our employees’ right to decide this important issue through a democratic process and to determine who should represent their interests.”


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