How VW's Tennessee plant could end up organized without UAW

Last week, workers at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee narrowly voted down the chance to unionize, despite having the support of VW.
 
In fact, the company could go ahead and form a “works council” at this plant like it has at every other VW plant in the world, except for China and the U.S. Works councils represent workers in dealings with management and VW was trying to form one at its Chattanooga facility. Now, the bosses in Germany are apparently going ahead with the plan, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
 
Volkswagen considers its U.S. operations a financial disaster, according to the report, and it wants to implement the management model that has worked well at its other plants worldwide. U.S. labor laws don’t allow companies to support employee organization, however, so workers will have to form a union that is independent of VW.

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