Overview

• Tesla is raising factory worker pay as the United Auto Workers (UAW) union tries to organize the electric vehicle maker’s U.S. plants.
• The UAW is also making efforts to unionize Volkswagen’s flagship plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with over 1,000 workers having signed union authorization cards.
• The UAW's recent successful strike for significant increases in pay and benefits for workers at Detroit’s “Big Three” auto manufacturers has catalyzed the campaign.
• Volkswagen announced an 11% pay increase for workers at the plant, seen as an effort to tamp down support for unionizing.
• The UAW has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Volkswagen, accusing the company of union busting.