Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union is continuing its momentum of new organizing drives at Non-Union facilities. Workers employed at a Volkswagen (VW) Distribution Center in Cranbury, New Jersey have filed to join UAW Local 2210, marking the first East Coast VW Facility to take this step. With super-majority support, the Workers are part of a growing movement to Unionize foreign Automakers in the U.S., following the UAW’s landmark struggle in the 2023 Stand Up Strike against The Big Three. The New Jersey Workers, who distribute aftermarket parts nationwide, are demanding fair pay, affordable benefits and a secure retirement. Sergio Sumano, Jr. - a Warehouse Worker with seven years at the facility, put it plainly: “We saw what was going on at the Big Three and then Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee won their Union. Now, it’s our turn. If Volkswagen wants to operate in America, they need to treat us with the same dignity as their Workers overseas.” “There is a kind of fear in the building” without a Union, said Auto Worker Godwin Ameyaw. “When the bosses talk, you cannot challenge them. If we have a Union, we’re going to have a common and stronger voice.”

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