Though United States Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee claimed Volkswagen would announce an expansion of the plant in his native Chattanooga — slated to build a midsize SUV based on the CrossBlue Concept from this year's Detroit Auto Show — if the workers rejected the United Auto Workers in last month's attempt to organise the plant, the German automaker has remained silent as of this weekend.
The Detroit Free Press reports Corker believes the delay is the result of an appeal made by the UAW to the National Labor Relations Board, citing the senator's comments and those of outside anti-union interests as the chief causes in the election's failure. He also dismissed the idea VW would decide to build the new SUV in either Tennessee or Mexico no matter the election's outcome:
There is no way I'd put out a statement like I put out unless I was 1,000% that it was accurate in every way.
Meanwhile, VW is moving forward with a plan to install a works council in the Tennessee plant, though where the automaker may build its next U.S. plant depends on the success of the campaign. VW Global Works Council head Bernd Osterloh warned that the "massive antiunion atmosphere" surrounding Chattanooga could prompt the company to take their ball out of the South should future expansion be considered.
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