Hourly workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee overwhelming voted to join the United Auto Workers late Friday, a major breakthrough in the union’s effort to organize workers at plants nationwide.
The main union for its plants there has a seat on the company’s board.
Which is basically mandatory in Germany as a company’s works council has co-determination rights by law and usually votes some of their own to join the board (union membership not required but often the default).
Which is basically mandatory in Germany as a company’s works council has co-determination rights by law and usually votes some of their own to join the board (union membership not required but often the default).