Volkswagen, the agreement with the unions is historic | FP – Hello

Factory in Chattanooga, USA, owned by Volkswagen the risk of making history for the German giant. Because his staff decided to join United Auto Workersbetter known as the UAW: we are talking about one of America’s most important labor unions, if not the most important, voted by 73% of the workers at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee.

Historic agreements with unions

Because we are talking historical agreement? Because, as highlighted by Ansa, we are actually facing the first car factory in the South to decide to join the party through elections from the 1940s to today. It is mostly owned by foreigners, another record therefore. Much to the satisfaction of the UAW, which he now targets other foreign companies in the sector: we are talking about BMW above all, but also Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Mercedes, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota and Volvo.

Volkswagen and the UAW

Therefore, a new step forward for the union, which at the end of last year reached an agreement on a temporary contract with General Motors, following the model established by Ford and Jeep a few weeks earlier. In all these cases there have been negotiated agreements that will last for four years and eight months, providing a total quarterly wage increase and cost of living adjustments, for a total wage increase of more than 30% over four years. and eight months of contract period.