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(Reuters) – Volkswagen (ETR:) stated on Wednesday that it will hike salaries for manufacturing employees at its Tennessee-based Chattanooga meeting plant by 11%, weeks after the United Auto Staff union received important pay and profit hikes from the Detroit Three automakers.
The German firm and different non-union automakers within the U.S. have come underneath elevated stress to enhance pay and advantages following the document contracts achieved by the UAW in late October after hundreds of its members went on a six-week focused strike.
Japanese automakers Honda (NYSE:) Motor and Toyota (NYSE:) have raised wages for non-union U.S. manufacturing facility employees in current weeks amid indicators that the union is popping its consideration to organizing the workforce at foreign-owned and Tesla (NASDAQ:) auto vegetation.
Hyundai Motor (OTC:) has additionally introduced a 25% improve over the subsequent 4 years for non-union manufacturing employees in Alabama and Georgia.
UAW President Shawn Fain advised Reuters final week that the union was getting expressions of curiosity in organizing from many Tesla employees.
The Elon Musk-led firm, which enjoys an working revenue benefit over different automakers, has not introduced any wage hikes within the U.S.
Volkswagen’s pay improve is efficient from December, with a compressed wage development timeline starting in February.
