Union Targets Volkswagen Plant: ; United Auto Workers Willing to Add Tenn.; Plant to Representation

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - After decades of getting the cold shoulder from automakers in the South, the United Auto Workers union is courting the region's newcomer, Volkswagen.

UAW southern region director Gary Casteel told The Associated Press that the Wolfsburg, Germany-based automaker has traditionally had an organized work force globally and that makes executives and employees at the new Chattanooga assembly plant "more willing to talk to unions about representation."

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Union Targets Volkswagen Plant: ; United Auto Workers Willing to Add Tenn.; Plant to Representation

Volkswagen has started sending 2012 Passats to dealers for test drives and displays until the cars built by some 1,900 employees at the $1 billion plant go on sale in late September.

Casteel said the UAW has had...

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