Workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant recently voted to join the United Auto Workers union, becoming the first factory outside the Big Three to merge. It was a huge victory for the employees who worked there as well as for workers’ rights in general. After all, it wasn’t that long ago many of those workers voted against joining the UAW. It might just be the first of many factories to vote to form a union This year.
So what happened between 2019 and now to change the minds of so many people? We could point to Shawn Fain’s hard work, the success of other strikes, including the recent UAW strike, and any number of other factors, but instead, we will let a formerly anti-union employee who has changed his mind explain his reasons. thought process. In just 13 minutes, he laid out his reasons for joining the union better than we’ve heard in a long time.
Serious. Just start the video, sit back and let this guy give one of the best interviews you’ll ever see. If Fain doesn’t let this guy talk to other workers at the factories where they’re trying to unionize soon, he’s going to seriously miss out.
