Auto workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee might lose their union status as a result of an NLRB reversal last week that forces unions to organize larger bargaining units. In 2014, the UAW lost when it tried to organize all workers at the plant, but in 2015 it won an election for a smaller group of workers who fix and maintain equipment. When Volkswagen refused to bargain with the union, the UAW filed un an unfair labor practice complaint that was approved by the board, and the case is now in the appeals court. The NLRB has put in a request to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to send the case back to them so that they can reconsider the appropriateness of the bargaining unit’s size.
See "Volkswagen, labor union clash over request involving Chattanooga plant", Mike Pare, Times Free Press, December 22, 2017