Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee I recently voted to join the United Auto Workers union, making it the first factory outside the Large Three to unionize. This is a huge win for the workers working there, but also for workers’ rights in general. It wasn’t that long ago after all many of these same workers voted against joining the UAW. It may also be only the first of many more factories to vote to unionize This year.
So what happened between 2019 and today to change so many people’s minds? We could point to the difficult work of Shawn Fain, the success of other strikes, including the recent UAW strike, and many other factors, but instead we’ll let a former anti-union worker who changed his mind explain his thought process. In just 13 minutes, he makes the case for joining a union better than we’ve heard in a long time.
Seriously. Just turn on the video, sit back and let this guy give you one of the best interviews you’ve ever seen. If Fain doesn’t ask this guy to talk to other workers at the factories they want to unionize soon, he’s seriously going to lose him.
