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In a 2-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board dismissed Volkswagen’s challenge to a union vote held in December. The vote unionized 160 of the German automaker’s maintenance workers under the United Auto Workers, but VW refused to engage in negotiations. Union workers had been concerned after Bob Corker, a United States Senator, stated that VW would reward a union defeat by introducing the production of a new SUV at the plant. Despite the union’s victory, Chattanooga is still planning to begin production of the company’s new SUV, reliving the skepticism about the plant’s future.