Despite declining union membership in the US, support for unions among Americans reached a decades-high in 2022. However, establishing new unions faces significant hurdles, exemplified by the United Auto Workers’ decade-long struggle to unionize the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
This episode explores the challenges unions face in setting up, using the Chattanooga plant as a case study. It highlights lessons that other unions can learn from the UAW’s unsuccessful efforts.