UAW eyeing further southern expansion after win at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant

The United Auto Workers (UAW) has notched a breakthrough win for southern expansion following its successful strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers last year.

Last week, the workers at Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted 73% in favor of joining the UAW, marking the union's first victory in a renewed push to organize nonunion plants – most of which are owned by European and Asian automakers in the South.

The UAW is feeling the momentum.

"The workers at...