US Volkswagen workers start voting on union

Volkswagen’s Chattanooga workers are set to start voting today over whether the plant should unionize. Some are calling it the most significant American labor election in decades. But Senator Bob Corker spoke out against the United Auto Workers on Tuesday. Corker also said that when Tennessee recruited Volkswagen in 2008, the company didn’t want anything to do with the United Auto Workers. He said VW was not eager for a union presence at its new plant, even though its other global plants were unionized. But UAW says Corker has been swayed by special interest groups, and that’s why he’s so involved in the issue. Now, UAW officials see this week’s vote as the union’s best chance to get a foothold in the South. Voting is set to end at 8:30 p.m. on Friday.