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Corker has been "assured" a new CUV will come to the plant if it votes against the UAW
The ongoing drama that is the possible unionization of the
Volkswagen factory in
Chattanooga has just had an enormous twist -
Republican Senator Bob Corker said yesterday during the first of
a three-day, secret-ballot vote at the factory, that he has been "assured" by VW that if the Chattanooga plant votes against UAW unionization, it will be awarded production of a new mid-size crossover, a model we've speculated will be a production version of the
CrossBlue Concept.
"I've had conversations today and based on those am assured that should the workers vote against the
UAW, Volkswagen will announce in the coming weeks that it will manufacture its new mid-size SUV here in Chattanooga," Corker said, according to
Yahoo! News.
Now, ignoring the fact that
Corker's history with the UAW is adversarial at best and
venomous at worse, it should be pointed out that the Senator's statements run counter to
everything VW has said about unionization up until this point. In fact, back in October,
we reported on allegations by Chattanooga factory workers that a senior member of VW said the plant might not get the new crossover if it
didn't organize. And just last month, we reported that
the Chattanooga factory was in the lead to get the new CUV. So you can understand why we're a little surprised by the boldness of the Senator's proclamation.
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