CHATTANOOGA, TN—The UAW expects Volkswagen to announce soon a policy change that would allow for union representation at the company’s assembly plant here, where the union has faced challenges organizing workers. Earlier this year, the UAW lost a vote to represent about 1,500 workers at the Chattanooga plant but the union still claims it has the support of a majority of the employees.
CAMDEN, NJ—The New Jersey Economic Development Authority has awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin another $107 million in tax credits over the next 10 years. The defense contractor will use the tax savings to defray costs of two R&D labs the company has proposed to open here.
SMYRNA, TN—Nissan is planning to expand its North American manufacturing workforce by 1,000 workers to meet its production goals. The automaker wants to boost production from 350,000 vehicles in 2014 to 507,000 units in 2017.
GAINESVILLE, TX—Employees at the Zodiac Aerospace assembly plant here approved a new contract by an overwhelming margin Oct. 25, ending a month-long strike at the factory, which makes aircraft seating. The key issues of the contract dispute were work environment, seniority rights and work schedules.
WASHINGTON—U.S. sales of machine tools totaled $647.63 million in September. That’s up 77 percent from August 2014 and up 61 percent from September 2013. Through the first nine months of this year, U.S. sales of machine tools total more than $3.73 billion, an increase of 5.2 percent compared with 2013.
BOWLING GREEN, KY—The GM assembly plant here has met the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry. The facility is one of 14 GM plants in the world to have met the energy-efficiency challenge and one of only two to have achieved the honor three times.
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