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 group 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 don’t seem to be holding their finish of the settlement, so we shall be there each step of the way in which,” he mentioned. “Staff are fed up, they’re bored with being left behind, fed up with companies raking in billions of billions of income.”

The letter is the newest in a labor wrestle at nonunion factories within the U.S.

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

In response to the union, the launch was profitable, with hundreds of nonunion employees signing playing cards with the UAW from throughout the trade. Round 30% of VW’s Chattanooga workers signed with the union.

One week in the past, the union filed unfair labor apply fees towards 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 a press release. “We respect our employees’ proper to resolve the query of union illustration. And we stay dedicated to offering correct data that helps inform them of their rights and decisions.”