Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted to join UAW, union says WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In a seismic union election Friday evening, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers Union.

The workers voted 2,628 to 985 for union representation, according to a spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board.

“There were seven challenged ballots that won’t be counted, because they aren’t determinative to the outcome of the election. There were three void ballots. The total number of eligible voters was 4,326,” according to a statement from the NLRB.

The employer will begin “bargaining in good faith” with the union, with parties having five days to file objections to the election.

The vote to unionize has the potential to supercharge organizing in the nation’s auto sector and demonstrate the strength of a resurgent labor movement through a victory in the South, a region typically resistant to unions.

Workers began casting ballots this week in the most significant test …