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Volkwagen Workers Vote to Unionize at Tennessee Plant As UAW Targets More Plants Across America
Historic win as Volkswagen workers in Tennessee vote to join UAW union. There was strong voter turnout with 83.5% of eligible workers casting a vote. The UAW now has its sights set on other nonunion auto plants across the US, including those owned by BMW, Honda, Toyota, and Tesla. Workers...
Fort Oglethorpe honors first responders for painstaking storm drain rescue operation
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. — The Fort Oglethorpe City Council honored first responders Monday who put hours of hard work into rescuing a man trapped in a storm drain last week. Catoosa County officials say that man crawled into the drain and spent more than 24 hours there. Last Tuesday,...
Matt Dill Grand Slam Lifts Baylor Over McCallie 7-4
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Matt Dill hit a key grand slam to send Baylor past McCallie 7-4 on Monday evening at Kenny Sholl Stadium. With the game tied at three in the top of the 6th, Dill stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. He hit the first pitch he saw over the left field fence for the grand slam to make it 7-3. Red Raiders went on to win it 7-4.
13-year cicadas expected to swarm some parts of East Tennessee this summer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Soon, a brood of cicadas will emerge from the ground and make some parts of East Tennessee pretty noisy to be in. They're expected to mostly emerge in the southern parts of the region, in counties like Monroe County, McMinn County and Loudon County. They are...
UAW Continues Union Push in the South after Victory in Tennessee
The vote by Volkswagen workers in Tennessee to become United Auto Workers members hands the union its first win in a campaign to unionize factories outside of the Detroit Three automakers — Ford Motor Co., Stellantis and General Motors. In the final tally, 73% of votes cast in the election run by the National Labor Relations Board were in favor of joining the union.
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