APNewsBreak: Maintenance workers at VW plant seek union vote

Source: AP

By ERIK SCHELZIG

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Maintenance workers at Volkswagen's lone U.S. plant in Tennessee are seeking a new election on union representation by the United Auto Workers.

Under the filing with National Labor Relations Board on Friday, the election on exclusive bargaining rights would only apply to the about 165 "skilled trade" workers at the plant.

Union officials told The Associated Press in a statement that the renewed collective bargaining push by the subset of its Local 42 is unrelated to VW's diesel emissions cheating scandal.

"We have said from the beginning of Local 42 that there are multiple paths to reach collective bargaining," Mike Cantrell, the president of the local union, said in the statement. "We have been considering this option for some time. All options have been, and will remain, on the table."

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