{"id":513,"date":"2025-09-30T19:29:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=513"},"modified":"2025-10-15T19:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:35:04","slug":"9-30-25-uaw-prepares-for-possible-strike-in-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/2025\/09\/30\/9-30-25-uaw-prepares-for-possible-strike-in-chattanooga\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/30\/25: UAW Prepares for Possible Strike in Chattanooga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/10\/bc5e3cfe-f98b-44c8-a134-cd60b184977b-medium16x9_AP23301625540640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" style=\"width:422px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/10\/bc5e3cfe-f98b-44c8-a134-cd60b184977b-medium16x9_AP23301625540640.jpg 648w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/10\/bc5e3cfe-f98b-44c8-a134-cd60b184977b-medium16x9_AP23301625540640-580x327.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/10\/bc5e3cfe-f98b-44c8-a134-cd60b184977b-medium16x9_AP23301625540640-610x344.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>News Channel 9 had a story about how the UAW appears to be getting close to calling a strike against Volkswagen given the stalemate in negotiations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Howard Wall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business\/crer\/people#HowardJWallDirectorandChiefEconomist\">director of UTC&#8217;s regional economic research<\/a>, says&#8230;<br>&#8220;Strikes are pretty ugly, and if it lasts for any amount of time, it&#8217;s not just Volkswagen that&#8217;ll be affected in the Volkswagen workers.&#8221;<br>Wall says there&#8217;s still a ways to go before a strike is possible.<br>&#8220;There&#8217;s a formal vote for a strike before any strike happens. 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