Labor Relations Co-Chair Comments on Southeast Union Vote

Reuters turned to Steve Bernstein, co-chair of the firm’s Labor Relations practice, for insight into what a vote for unionizing would mean for the Volkswagen AG’s Tennessee plant. The vote by workers at VW’s Tennessee plant comes at a time when union membership is down but interest in unionizing the auto industry in the Southeast are up. Steve told reporters that if UAW wins in Chattanooga, it must prove its worth to win elsewhere. “The UAW would have to deliver meaningful, tangible benefits to VW workers, otherwise why vote for them?” he added. 

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