United Auto Staff President Shawn Fain delivered a letter to the administration of a Tennessee Volkswagen plant demanding it halt anti-union practices.

Mr. Fain, together with neighborhood leaders from Chattanooga, went to the manufacturing facility Monday to face in solidarity with the employees who’ve signed union playing cards with the UAW and to demand that VW function in good religion.

“It’s unlucky they’re selecting to do that after they agreed to stay impartial on this course of and they aren’t holding their finish of the settlement, so we can be there each step of the best way,” he mentioned. “Staff are fed up, they’re uninterested in being left behind, fed up with companies raking in billions of billions of income.”

The letter is the most recent in a labor battle at nonunion factories within the U.S.

After successful record-setting contracts with Ford, Basic Motors and Stellantis, Mr. Fain introduced that the union would goal nonunion outlets. The union then launched a website the place employees can signal union playing cards.

In accordance with the union, the launch was profitable, with 1000’s of nonunion employees signing playing cards with the UAW from throughout the business. Round 30% of VW’s Chattanooga staff signed with the union.

One week in the past, the union filed unfair labor observe costs in opposition to VW, Hyundai and Honda. The businesses have denied the allegations.

“Labor illustration is a part of our firm’s tradition; half of our glocal Supervisory Board members are labor representatives,” VW mentioned in an announcement. “We respect our employees’ proper to determine the query of union illustration. And we stay dedicated to offering correct data that helps inform them of their rights and decisions.”