Al Jazeera America, February 12, 2014, Wednesday

Al Jazeera America

February 12, 2014, Wednesday

Al Jazeera America (full article)

Auto workers union seeks to gain influence in South through Volkswagen

Lowell Turner, director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University, told Al Jazeera that having union representation and a works council at the plant is "part of VW’s culture."

German law gives labor representatives half the seats on Volkswagen's supervisory board, where some members have raised concerns about the Chattanooga plant being alone among the company's large factories without formal labor representation.

"Volkswagen has 62 firms around the world. All of them except Chattanooga and the two plants in China have union representation and a works council," Turner said.