Brain Rotherberg, UAW Public Relations chair, filed a petition with the NLRB to grant an election for all production and maintenance workers at Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant. The union first filed for the petition in 2016, but it was rejected on the grounds that it lacked substantial issues for review. The company has made it clear that they do not support the workers unionizing and has tried to placate the issue by raising the minimum wage to $16 an hour. However, workers are still unsatisfied and are frustrated that they lack the right to bargain.
See "Volkswagen at Chattanooga workers petition NLRB to join union", WTVC, WFTV9 ABC, April 9, 2019