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Workers at Volkswagen's three-year-old factory in Chattanooga, Tenn. have voted not to be represented by the United Au, From Images

Workers at Volkswagen's three-year-old factory in Chattanooga, Tenn. have voted not to be represented by the United Au
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Workers at Volkswagen� ??s three-year-old factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted Friday to reject union representation by the United Auto Workers (UAW), frustrating an effort to revive the waning influence of the labor movement in the South. The vote tally concluded with 712 voting no, and 626 voting yes. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., escalated what has been a seesaw battle between union and anti-union forces, saying he had been "assured" that if workers at the factory reject the UAW, the company would reward the plant with a new product to build.

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