NASHVILLE, TN—A federal labor board is reviewing a decision by one of its regional officials to deny a union from trying to organize fewer than 100 of the thousands of employees at Nissan’s automotive assembly plant in Smyrna, TN.
CHATTANOOGA, TN—Volkswagen is giving workers at its assembly plant here a 10 percent pay raise as the COVID-19 omicron variant stretches an already-tight labor market.
SPRING HILL, TN—A decade after announcing plans to build a new assembly plant in Chattanooga, TN, French automotive supplier Faurecia is continuing to expand in Tennessee with plans to invest another $18 million and add another 171 jobs at the company’s assembly plant in Spring Hill, TN.
SPRINGFIELD, TN—Tier 1 automotive supplier Martinrea International Inc. is investing $40 million to expand its assembly plant here. The project is expected to create 97 new jobs.
SMYRNA, TN—Production of the 2021 Nissan Rogue launched at the Nissan North America vehicle assembly plant here on schedule, despite pandemic setbacks.
MERRITT ISLAND, FL— MasterCraft Boat Company announced it has purchased a boat manufacturing plant located here that will be dedicated to manufacturing the new Aviara brand.
SPRING HILL, TN — General Motors said it will lay off 680 workers at its Tennessee assembly plant and eliminate the facility's third shift are due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.