Polls close in UAW election at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The polls have closed in a vote over whether a group of workers at Volkswagen's lone U.S. plant in Tennessee want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. The election involving 162 skilled-trades workers, who are responsible for repairing and maintaining machines and robots at the Chattanooga factory, ended Friday night. The remaining 1,200 production workers are not affected by the vote. An election involving the entire blue-collar workforce ended up in defeat for the UAW last year. The skilled-trades workers later decided to seek their own vote. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette ......