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Paul Blest at More Perfect Union:

Thousands of workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee have voted to join the United Auto Workers, defying an all-out union-busting effort from the state’s political leaders and marking a key victory for the United Auto Workers in their renewed effort to organize the South and non-union plants.

Unofficial results tallied Friday showed that after three days of voting, more than two-thirds of workers voted to join the UAW. The win in Chattanooga is the first successful attempt to organize a non-union automaker in decades and comes after multiple failed attempts to organize the plant, including in 2014 and 2019. More than 4,300 workers were eligible to vote this week.  “I can't explain it. It's not like the first times,” Renee Berry, who has worked at the Chattanooga plant for 14 years and through two prior facility-wide votes, told us in the lead-up to the election. “The first few times was hell…now it's like we can roll our shoulders back, because we got it.”  Volkswagen is the world’s largest auto company by revenue, and until today, every one of its plants around the globe has been unionized except for one.

"This is going to be in history books down the road. This is huge—forever huge,” Robert Soderstrom, a worker at the plant, told More Perfect Union. “People recognize for the first time in a long time, on a mass scale, that there's got to be some changes. And some of the power and stuff that's gone to the corporate world needs to come back to us little guys.” The victory in Tennessee continues a winning streak for the UAW, which negotiated record contracts at the Detroit Three of Ford, GM, and Stellantis last year following a lengthy “stand-up” strike. After passing the contracts, UAW President Shawn Fain announced a $40 million effort to organize non-union U.S. plants, largely based in right-to-work states like Tennessee and owned by auto companies based in Europe, Japan, and South Korea, as well as EV manufacturers like Tesla and Rivian. 

Since launching that new effort, more than 10,000 autoworkers around the country have signed union cards, according to the UAW. Earlier this month, workers at a Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama became the second group to file for an election, which will be held from May 13 to 17. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and the state Chamber of Commerce have forcefully opposed the unionization effort, claiming it would hurt Alabama autoworkers—who, even before the pandemic, were making less than they did in 2002 when adjusted for inflation. The same dynamic has played out in Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee, who denounced the last unsuccessful union campaign in 2019, said it would be a “mistake” for workers at the Chattanooga plant to unionize and boasted about the state’s “right-to-work” law. 

🚨🚨 BREAKING:🚨🚨 Workers at the Volkswagen (VW) plant in Chattanooga have voted yes to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) after 2 failed attempts in 2014 and 2019. #UAW #VWChattanooga #1u

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What a difference 55 years makes juxtaposition of Audi 75 Variant, 1969 & Audi A5 Avant, 2024. Audi have revealed the new B10 generation A5, the A4 model designation has been dropped completely (the B9 generation had A4 saloons and Avant estates with A5 coupé, cabriolet and Sportback models). The 75 was one of the first Audi models of the modern era, the Audi F103 series was designed while Mercedes were still a major shareholder in Auto Union but was further developed after VW's takeover in 1964. The Audi name was resurrected for the car, having been dormant since before the Second World War. Its configuration of a front, longitudinally mounted in-line engine driving the front wheels became the template for all subsequent Audi's

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One year ago today, my arms were naked but I was hot.

Comin back for this body lmao

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Volkswagen New Beetle (1997-2011)

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Photographer Christopher Hall

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The Skeleton Key (2005)

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Showing off the Beetle. Vintage snapshot photo of a young man and woman posed with VW bug. https://markonpark.etsy.com/listing/1389747249

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2014: distracted driving kills, never text and drive, you should put your phone on do not disturb while driving so you aren't even tempted to look

2024: we've replaced your entire dashboard with an iPad :D

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Autodynamics Hustler, 1967. Autodynamics was formed by Ray Caldwell in the early 1960’s as a racing car maker. They also diversified into making replacement fibreglass body panels for the Lotus Elan. At the New York Auto Show they revealed the Hustler, an Elan replica (it was larger than the diminutive Lotus) based on a VW chassis and rear engine. The business was doing well with Formula Vee and the VW-based ‘Deserter’ dune-buggy so the Hustler was really a side-project and less than 50 were made before production ended in 1968.

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As I patiently wait for someone to make me a mommy

Happy Mothers Day to ALL the moms from ALL varieties and walks of life out there today💞

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(image ID: a digital drawing of Oliver, Esther, Swaine, and Drippy from the video game Ni No Kuni. The first three are walking along: Oliver and Esther smiling, Swaine looking aside neutrally. Drippy is running, struggling to keep up. Oliver’s outfit now includes a pointy red hat matching his cape. Esther has dark skin and dark hair. She is wearing a loose white tunic and yellow trousers, and holding her harp. Swaine’s clothing is much the same. They are all walking along green grass, with a blue sky and clouds behind them. End ID.)

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Volkswagen New Beetle 2006