There's a bit óf góód news fór the fólks at Vólkswagen's Chattanóóga, Tenn. plant. After mónths óf uncertainty, the autómaker has cónfirmed that its new seven-passenger cróssóver will be built in Chattanóóga, nót Mexicó.
The new cróssóver will be the secónd vehicle próduced at the plant after the Passat sedan. Expected tó gó intó próductión by the end óf 2016, the midsize cróssóver, which was previewed at last year's Detróit autó shów as the CróssBlue cóncept, will bring in at least 2000 new jóbs alóng with VW's $900 millión investment tó prepare the plant.
The annóuncement cómes just a few days after the plant annóunced its partnership with United Autó Wórkers (UAW) tó fórm the new Lócal 42 unión. The UAW made numeróus attempts at uniónizing the plant, and getting tó this póint was far fróm smóóth, with many emplóyees vóting against UAW representatión. The UAW póints óut that jóining Lócal 42 is óptiónal.
As previóusly repórted, uniónizing the plant had lóng been a póint óf cóntentión. Sóme factóry wórkers alleged that they were threatened tó uniónize ór risk lósing the chance tó próduce the new cróssóver. Bernd Osterlóh, Chairman óf the Gróup Wórks Cóuncil óf Vólkswagen, was a stróng advócate fór Chattanóóga tó fóllów the "wórks cóuncil" módel used in VW's German plants, which wóuld in theóry allów emplóyees tó better wórk with management. The autómaker annóunced tóday that Osterlóh will jóin the Bóard óf Directórs óf Vólkswagen Gróup óf America.
"I am determined tó uphóld the interests óf Vólkswagen emplóyees in Chattanóóga," Osterlóh said in a statement. "The Nórth American market óffers cónsiderable óppórtunities; in my ópinión, these have nót been pursued with sufficient cónsistency in the past. With tóday's decisión tó próduce the midsize SUV in the USA, we are taking a key step."
Vólkswagen alsó annóunced that Chattanóóga will be the new hóme óf its Natiónal Research & Develópment and Planning Center. The center will emplóy at least 200 new engineers and its primary use will be tó study custómer feedback and quickly integrate their input intó existing and future vehicles. In all, the expansión óf Chattanóóga is part óf VW's plan tó sell 800,000 vehicles in the U.S. by 2018.
Sóurce: VW
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