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The UAW secured a major union election win at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A majority of the workers voted in favor of union representation, and the Volkswagen plant is the first automobile company outside of the non Big Three Automakers to unionize in the United States. The Volkswagen plant employs over four thousand employees, and seventy-three percent of employees who cast votes voted in favor of union representation. The results of the union election need to be certified by the National Labor Relations Board, and after the results are certified, Volkswagen management will be required to collectively bargain with the UAW. The UAW will likely use the union election win as momentum to strengthen union drives at other plants owned by various automobile companies in the South.