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A Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union election. A large majority of the plant’s workers signed union cards, and if the union election is successful, workers will be represented by the United Auto Workers union. Around four thousand workers are employed at the plant and produce sports utility vehicles and electric vehicles. The Chattanooga factory is the only Volkswagen plant in the world that does not have union representation, and Volkswagen stated that the company fully supports holding a union election. The plant has attempted to unionize twice before, and both times votes against unionizing outweighed votes in support. In both cases, the management at the Volkswagen plant did not express opposition. Workers are hopeful that the current effort to unionize will be successful due to the momentum from the UAW win earlier this year.