Overview
- Volkswagen workers will vote October 28–29 on authorizing a strike, a step that empowers the bargaining committee to call one, and no strike date has been set.
- Volkswagen says its “last, best, and final” offer is final and has urged the union to let employees vote on it.
- Reports describe the company’s offer as a 20% wage increase, a $4,000 ratification bonus, and reduced healthcare costs.
- The UAW says the offer falls short on job security, healthcare, cost‑of‑living protections, and workplace standards, and it submitted a counterproposal on October 15 addressing 14 unresolved items.
- The union alleges unfair labor practices and says Volkswagen has refused further talks, while local officials have publicly pressed the UAW to bring the company’s offer to a vote.