Chattanooga, Tennessee - The United Auto Workers (UAW) announced on Monday it has filed a union election petition for a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The National Labor Relations Board confirmed it has received the petition after a "supermajority" of workers at the plant signed union cards in 100 days.

"Today, we are one step closer to making a good job at Volkswagen into a great career," Isaac Meadows, a VW production team member in assembly, said in a UAW press release. "By winning our union and a real voice at Volkswagen, we can negotiate for more time with our families."

Victor Vaughn, a logistics team member, said, "We are voting yes for our union because we want Volkswagen to be successful."

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"Volkswagen has spent billions of dollars expanding in Chattanooga, but right now safety is a major issue in our plant. Just the other day, I was almost hit by four 500-plus pound crates while I was driving to deliver parts," he continued. "That incident should’ve been followed up within the hour, but even after I clocked out, no one asked me about it."

"VW has partnered with unionized workforces around the world to make their plants safe and successful. That’s why we’re voting for a voice at Volkswagen here in Chattanooga."

The Chattanooga facility is VW's only US assembly plant and employs over 4,000 people. It is also the automaker's only plant globally with no form of employee representation.

The UAW is hoping the third time is the charm after two prior attempts to unionize the Chattanooga plant failed by narrow margins in 2014 and 2019.

This time around, the UAW is hoping its success winning new contracts with the Big Three automakers in Detroit – Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors – following a six-week-long Stand Up strike will inspire more workers to join the unionization push.

After the Michigan victory, the union announced plans to organize workers at other non-union factories, targeting plants run by Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, and Volvo, as well as Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid.

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The latest attempt to unionize VW's Tennessee facility has garnered support from the White House.

"I congratulate the Volkswagen autoworkers in Chattanooga who filed for a union election with the UAW," President Joe Biden said in a Monday night statement. "As the most pro-union president in American history, I believe American workers, too, should have a voice at work. The decision whether to join a union belongs to the workers."

Biden secured an endorsement from UAW leadership in his 2024 reelection bid and appears eager to keep up the good vibes with the powerful union.